Incidentally, BJP national president JP Nadda on Monday night had called Shantanu and according to BJP sources, the duo had a long discussion over the phone.
A religious organisation put up road blockades in North 24 Parganas district in protest against the alleged manhandling of a Trinamool Congress MP, who belongs to the organisation, at Silchar airport, police said.
Poll verdict in Matua bastions crucial for BJP before CAA implementation
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Last Updated: Apr 21, 2021, 12:07 PM IST
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Matuas, who make for a large chunk of the state s Scheduled Caste population, had been migrating to West Bengal since the 1950s, primarily due to religious persecution in erstwhile East Pakistan and then Bangladesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Shantanu Ji and other members of the Matua community, in Orakandi
With citizenship for refugees having emerged as one of the poll planks of the BJP in its battle for Bengal, Matua bastions and the verdict they present this election will prove to be a test case for the party that had been weighing the pros and cons before implementing a new law enacted for the purpose.
Bengal elections: Poll verdict in Matua bastions crucial for BJP before CAA implementation
Assembly seats in the Matua strongholds of Bongaon and Krishnanagar, close to the India-Bangladesh border, are set to go to polls in the sixth phase of elections, on April 22.
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Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP State President Dilip Ghosh seen eating lunch with a Matua family at their residence at Gouanganagar in Kolkata. (File Photo | PTI) By PTI
BONGAON/KRISHNANAGAR: With citizenship for refugees having emerged as one of the poll planks of the BJP in its battle for Bengal, Matua bastions and the verdict they present this election will prove to be a test case for the party that had been weighing the pros and cons before implementing a new law enacted for the purpose.