Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act will be implemented after the countrywide coronavirus vaccination programme ends. He made the remarks during a campaign rally in West Bengal’s Thakurnagar town, a stronghold of the Matua community.
The Matua Mahasangha is a religious organisation consisting principally of Namashudra Dalits with origins in Bangladesh. A large part of the BJP’s success in West Bengal has been attributed to Namashudra support.
“In 2018, we promised CAA for all,” Shah said at the rally. “In 2019, they supported us. In 2020, the CAA came into effect. Mamata Banerjee said we will not allow CAA. What we promise, we deliver. As soon as the work on vaccination and the pandemic is over, we will implement CAA.”
Shah highlighted West Bengal Chief Minister’s claims that even if the Centre implemented the CAA, her administration would not do so in the state. He asked the crowd…