‘Not a single Hindu refugee will lose citizenship’: Amit Shah in poll-bound West Bengal | India Information

NEW DELHI: Union house minister Amit Shah on Monday mentioned that no “Hindu” refugee would lose citizenship in West Bengal, whereas criticising the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC authorities of opposing Citizenship Modification Act (CAA). The state is about to go to polls this 12 months, and infiltration stays one of many key political flashpoints, setting the stage for a heated contest between BJP and TMC.“They opposed the CAA. If Mamata Banerjee had not opposed the CAA, each Bangladeshi refugee would have gotten citizenship. However I’ve come to inform all of the Hindu refugees that you do not have to fret. The BJP authorities is right here for you. Not a single Hindu refugee goes to lose their citizenship,” Shah mentioned addressing a gathering on the ‘Parivartan Yatra Sabha’ in Mathurapur.He highlighted the Babri Masjid situation, and known as Mamata’s transfer to take away Humayun Kabirwho has promised to constructed the mosque within the state, a “conspiracy”.“Mamata Didi, in your Bengal, the Babri Mosque is being constructed once more. Whose accountability is it? Ought to the Babri Mosque be constructed once more? Humayun Kabir and Mamata are the identical. Mamata Banerjee has conspired to ship Humayun Kabir out of the celebration and construct the Babri Mosque, in order that Hindus don’t get indignant,” Shah mentioned.He accused TMC authorities of doing “appeasement politics” by promising to constructed temple. “They stuffed Bengal with infiltrators as a result of they see their vote financial institution in it. Aside from appeasement, Didi does nothing. Now they’re pondering of constructing a temple. Mamata Didi, we now have constructed the Ram Mandir. We constructed the Kashi Vishwanath Hall and the Mahakaal Hall. You probably did nothing at the moment. Now, you needed to make the temple. The folks of Bengal won’t be deceived by you. However I welcome the constructing of a temple regardless of the aim behind it,” he mentioned.The Parivartan Yatra is a large-scale, state-wide outreach drive within the run-up to the 2026 West Bengal Meeting elections. It’s slated to span greater than 5,000 kilometres, that includes 63 main public conferences and 282 smaller occasions, and can conclude with a mega rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Floor to be addressed by PM Narendra Modi.