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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Shiv Sahay Singh

Matuas welcome CAA rules; Mamata questions timing

CAA Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha Mamata Banerjee Bengal Trinamool Congress West Bengal

There were celebrations among a section of the Matua community in West Bengal when the Union government notified the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, on March 11 even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee warned of fierce opposition if the rules are found to be discriminatory against groups of people living in India.

There were celebrations at Thakurbari, the headquarters of All India Matua Mahasangha, at Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas district, and also in other parts of State, including at Chinsurah in Hooghly and  Siliguri in north Bengal.

Many in the Matua sect — a community comprising Hindu Namasudras — had migrated from Bangladesh (earlier East Pakistan). They had been demanding that the rules relating to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act passed in 2019 be framed at the earliest.. 

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