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BJP Wins Pro-CAA Matua Votes But CAA To Hit Mamata Hurdle Mamata Banerjee has been a staunch critic of the legislation and had vowed to prevent its implementation in the state. File photo Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 2021-05-03T21:23:33+05:30 BJP Wins Pro-CAA Matua Votes But CAA To Hit Mamata Hurdle outlookindia.com 2021-05-03T21:27:21+05:30 Also read Amidst Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s sweeping victory in the state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had promised to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the first cabinet meeting should their government come to power, has won most of the seats where members from the Dalit, refugee communities of the Matua and Namasudras dominate the demography. ....
Krishna Kirtania, a resident of North 24-Parganas’ Gaighata, is unsure about whom to vote. A member of the Matua community, Krishna had voted the BJP like most others in his community in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Early on Sunday, Krishna visited Thakurbari, the headquarters of the Matua sect in North 24-Parganas’ Thakurnagar, in search of clarity. He spoke through the day with both factions of the Thakur family one owing allegiance to Trinamul and the other to the BJP. The members of the family are direct descendants of Harichand Thakur, the founder of the Matua sect. The area votes on April 22. ....