Kailash Vijayvargiya did not say something on the contentious Nationwide Register of Residents (File)
Kolkata:
The Citizenship Modification Act (CAA) will likely be applied in West Bengal quickly, BJP nationwide basic secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya Saturday stated. He didn’t say something on the contentious Nationwide Register of Residents (NRC).
Kailash Vijayvargiya was speaking to reporters at Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas district which is essentially inhabited by the backward Matua group.
“Even when the West Bengal authorities opposes the implementation of CAA we (Centre) will go forward in implementing it. If the state helps the implementation it will likely be fantastic,” he stated.
BJP nationwide president JP Nadda throughout his current go to to the state had stated that guidelines for implementation of the Act are being framed, following which CAA will likely be applied in letter and spirit.
To a categorical query about implementation of NRC, Mr Vijayvargiya replied curtly, “We’re speaking about implementation of CAA right here.”
BJP MP from Bongaon Shantanu Thakur, a member of the Matua group, informed reporters, “We will likely be trying ahead to Union House Minister Amit Shah making the announcement on implementation of CAA throughout his go to to Thakurnagar.”
Matuas, who’ve a sizeable inhabitants within the state, are decrease caste Hindu refugees who migrated to West Bengal from neighbouring Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) in the course of the Partition and within the subsequent a long time. Everlasting citizenship has remained a longstanding demand inside the Matua group.
Get together sources stated Kailash Vijayvargiya and Shantanu Thakur held discussions about Amit Shah’s proposed go to to Thakurnagar, the Matua group headquarters, quickly.
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