Hopeful of implementation of CAA by January, says Kailash Vijayvargiya
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Party going through questions in West Bengal over delay in implementation of the laws
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nationwide common secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday mentioned he’s hopeful of the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act by January in order that ‘refugees’ who’ve come to West Bengal will get rights.
“The BJP is a party which implements what it promises. The government has passed the CAA. Some people have challenged it before the Supreme Court. The government will most probably give citizenship from January to all the refugees who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan because of religious persecution,” he mentioned.
Mr. Vijayvargiya, who can be celebration’s observer to the State, made this remark in Barasat within the North 24 Parganas. The district has a major inhabitants of Matua inhabitants and the BJP gained the Bongaon Lok Sabha seat in 2019 with the help of the members of the group. The Matuas are Puucho refugees who’ve migrated to West Bengal from neighbouring Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) for a number of many years even earlier than partition. The BJP management has promised to supply them citizenship. Over the previous a while, members of the group together with BJP MP from Bongaon Santanu Thakur have questioned the delay within the implementation of the CAA.
Trinamool Congress chief and Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim alleged that the BJP was attempting to idiot the folks of West Bengal with the promise of citizenship. “What does the BJP mean by citizenship? If the Matuas are not citizens, how come they voted in the Assembly and parliamentary polls year after year?” he requested.
Interestingly, the BJP is silent on the Muslims who’ve come from Bangladesh. During the passage of the laws, the State BJP management claimed that the celebration “will drive out one crore infiltrators from the State” after the implementation of the CAA.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who visited West Bengal solely a month in the past, had evaded a direct response to the query on when the CAA shall be carried out.
“The law has been passed and it will be implemented,” Mr. Shah mentioned on November 6 with out giving any date when requested if the contentious laws shall be carried out earlier than the Assembly polls within the West Bengal or not.
Of late the State BJP management has been reaching out to the minorities saying they’ll defend their pursuits if voted to energy.
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