Bengal: BJP steps up Matua community outreach as Assembly polls nearThe BJP is actively engaging with the Matua community in West Bengal. Top leaders are addressing concerns about the CAA and SIR hearings. P...
07 Jan, 2026, 10.46 PM IST
Caught between SIR and CAA, West Bengal’s Matua community becomes flashpoint in TMC-BJP battleThe Matuas, known to be a vote bank of the BJP, have been queuing in large numbers at the CAA camps across the state over the last few mont...
07 Nov, 2025, 11.40 PM IST
Bengal: Thakur brothers at loggerheads over Matua rights, CAA implementationSubrata Thakur accused Shantanu Thakur of irregularities in issuing caste certificates. He alleged Shantanu is exploiting the Matua communi...
24 Aug, 2025, 09.35 PM IST
Matuas and Backward Hindu communities await citizenship under CAA in Bangaon ConstituencySushoma Adhikari, a 90-year-old Matua woman, recalls her journey from Bangladesh to India during Partition, highlighting the struggles face...
16 May, 2024, 11.45 PM IST
CAA ensures Matuas' legal citizenship, protects against future NRC: Union Minister Shantanu ThakurUnion Minister Shantanu Thakur advocates for CAA to secure legal citizenship for Matua community, protecting them from potential NRC implic...
06 Apr, 2024, 10.57 AM IST
Apply for citizenship under CAA without fear: Union Minister Santanu Thakur exhorts MatuasUnion Minister Santanu Thakur, contesting re-election from the Bongaon Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, urged members of the Matua community ...
03 Apr, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
If you apply for CAA, you will lose citizenship for 5 years: Mamata Banerjee to MatuasThe promise of implementing CAA was a major electoral plank for BJP in the last Lok Sabha and assembly polls in West Bengal. The community,...
01 Apr, 2024, 12.20 AM IST
CAA a game changer in all Matua belts of Bengal in 2024 Lok Sabha pollsThe implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) ahead of the Lok Sabha election is a game changer for the Matua communities in We...
12 Mar, 2024, 11.05 AM IST
TMC will lead charge in Bengal, India Bloc nationally: Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that the INDIA bloc will face the BJP-led NDA in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, while t...
29 Dec, 2023, 12.13 AM IST
Matuas to stop trusting BJP if CAA not implemented soon: Community leadersDays after the Centre decided to grant citizenship to a section of people who came from a neighbouring country and settled in Gujarat, Matu...
04 Nov, 2022, 03.28 PM IST
CAA to be implemented in West Bengal soon, Matuas to Benefit: Suvendu AdhikariThe Trinamool leadership, including party supremo Mamata Banerjee, has been opposing the CAA. Trinamool Congress state spokesperson Kunal G...
02 Nov, 2022, 12.17 AM IST
Mamata goes all out to Matuas, promises land rights, safetyAt a time when the BJP is going all out to woo the Matua community, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reiterated her opposition to the Citizen...
11 Jan, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
Matuas’ land and rights are safe under TMC: Mamata Banerjee“I am asking my Matua brothers and sisters… how long have you been in Bengal? You are safe and secure under this state government. Matuas a...
11 Jan, 2021, 09.07 PM IST
TMC slams Amit Shah over appeasement remark, says communalism has no place in BengalMocking Shah's scheduled visit to a Matua family for lunch, the party described his refugee community outreach as a "poll gimmick" to diver...
06 Nov, 2020, 04.39 PM IST
Citizenship bill a big issue in border district of BengalThe Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is a major issue in Bangaon and BJP hopes to gain electorally from it in this constituency.
01 Apr, 2019, 07.35 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi blasts Mamata Banerjee over violence on her home turfTaking his battle for the Lok Sabha elections to Banerjee's turf, Modi also accused his political rivals of misleading the distressed farmi...
02 Feb, 2019, 03.03 PM IST
Trinamool minister Manjul Krishna Thakur joins BJPTMC minister Manjul Krishna Thakur today quit the party, accusing it of functioning in a 'whimsical' way, and joined the BJP.
15 Jan, 2015, 07.30 PM IST