Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the core leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal to constantly counter Trinamool Congress’ propaganda, which is spreading fear and panic among voters from the Matua community about their potential loss of voting rights following the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.While addressing a press conference in the city on Tuesday afternoon, the Union Home Minister clearly assured the Matua com…
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Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha MP, Abhishek Banerjee, on Tuesday, launched scathing attacks against the Union Home Minister Amit Shah while reacting to the latter’s remarks on infiltration in West Bengal and called him as the “country’s unsuccessful Union Home Minister”. The Trinamool Congress General Secretary left for Delhi on Tuesday afternoon to meet the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to launch protests against the ongoing hearing session…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Former West Bengal Congress chief, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Tuesday met the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, at the latter’s residence and requested him to initiate action against the attacks on the Bengal-speakers migrant workers. After the meeting, Chowdhury told media persons that he met the Prime Minister to discuss the issue of the attack on Bengali-speaking migrant workers, especially in the BJP-ruled states.“I met the Prime Minister. I had come to New Delhi to a…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured the Matua community that the voting rights of individuals who have submitted applications for citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act will be preserved. While speaking to the media in Kolkata, he confirmed that community members who have applied for citizenship will retain their voting rights.“The people from the Matua community have nothing to worry about. Every refugee who has come to India will be treated as a citize…