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Sushoma Adhikari, a 90-year-old Matua woman, recalls her journey from Bangladesh to India during Partition, highlighting the struggles faced by refugees. In Bangaon, where the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is significant, people eagerly await citizenship, especially Matuas and other backward Hindu communities. BJP candidate Shantanu Thakur is favored by many for his support of CAA. Localities in Bangaon are named after places in Bangladesh, reflecting the migrants origins. Some residents are u...

Kolkata: BJP MP and Union Minister of State for Shipping Shantanu Thakur on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court against Trinamool Congress national

updated: Apr 10 2021, 18:26 ist Accusing the BJP of giving false promises to the members of the politically significant Matua community on citizenship, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that those people have already been given all rights as citizens. Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, claimed that if the saffron party is voted to power, it will keep the people of West Bengal in detention camps as it has done to "14 lakh Bengalis" in Assam. "Your Didi (t...