Poll verdict in Matua bastions crucial for BJP before CAA implementation
Poll verdict in Matua bastions crucial for BJP before CAA implementation SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 21, 2021, 12:07 PM IST Share Synopsis 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 the...
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