No loss of citizenship: Modi reaches out to Matuas

Bangaon: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured the Matua and Namasudra communities and refugees in West Bengal that they will not lose their citizenship and will receive a permanent address in India and all their documents, which the Indian citizens have, would be made available to them, once the BJP comes to power on May 4.

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In a strong message to infiltrators, Modi said, "I want to warn infiltrators who are living in Bengal. They should leave the country, otherwise after May 4, all infiltrators will be thrown out."


Meanwhile, the PM said that "in the first phase, Trinamool's pride has been broken while in the second phase, the BJP government's coming to power will be finalised." "I urge the people of Bangaon to vote in such a way in the second phase that it will break the record voting of the first phase," Modi said.

The Prime Minister was addressing a poll rally in Matua-dominated Bangaon's Thakurnagar. Modi recalled his visit to Bangladesh's Orakandi and said how he had sought blessing there in 2021. Seeking blessings from Matua religious leaders Harichand Thakur and Guruchand Thakur and Matua matriarch Boroma, PM started his speech, addressing a huge gathering of the Matuas in Thakurnagar. "This is a holy feeling and it is going to stay with me. You have come in large numbers to bless me," he said.

Modi's visit to the Matua Thakurbari temple in Bangladesh's Orakandi on March 2021 had special significance to the Matua community in Bengal in the 2021 elections, working as a votes-swinger in the Matua belts of Bengal.

Syndicate Raj

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said BJP will end the "goonda raj" and "syndicate raj" in West Bengal if the party comes to power. Addressing a public rally at Tehatta in Nadia district, he claimed that voters "wiped out" the Mamata Banerjee government in the first phase of the assembly polls. "Do not be afraid to step out and cast your votes, as the Election Commission has made ample arrangements. Nobody will be able to stop you from voting," Shah said.