Modi Vows to Implement CAA in Bengal, Mamata Promises Resistance
Prime Minister and Chief Minister Clash Over Citizenship Amendment Act
While Mamata Banerjee pledged to block the CAA's implementation in her state, Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Thursday that the Centre was determined to apply it there.
Speaking at the Raasmela Ground in Cooch Behar, Modi claimed that false information about the CAA was being spread by the INDIA bloc.
We would grant citizenship to all such residents—including Matuas—who require it, as we have proposed the CAA. "Modi ki guarantee" states that citizenship will be granted to everyone who believes in Mother India. The Prime Minister claimed that Trinamul and the Left were threatening people and that they might use anti-democratic tactics to halt the CAA's implementation.
"Over the last ten years, you have seen my work. You can depend on me," he said.
Speaking at two rallies in Malbazar, Jalpaiguri, and Mathabhanga, Cooch Behar, Mamata cautioned against applying for citizenship under the CAA's provisions.
"The BJP will introduce the NRC after the CAA and label individuals who have lived in India for a long time as infiltrators." You will be placed in camps for imprisonment similar to what had happened in Assam. Bengal will not let that to occur," declared the chief minister.
She claimed that the public' legitimate claim to social welfare programs will be taken away by the CAA. "You will not receive benefits like Lakshmir Bhandar, which is a monthly assistance program for women, and Kanyashree, which provides financial assistance to students, if you apply for citizenship under the provisions of the CAA." You really ought to reconsider your decision to accept the CAA.
Shantanu Thakur, the head of Matua and Bongaon MP, declared that he would not permit supporters of Trinamul to obtain citizenship under the CAA amid the verbal spat between Mamata and Modi.
"Don't allow people who are with Trinamul to take citizenship," he declared on Wednesday night in Shimulia, near Bongaon, while addressing a religious gathering. None of them will be awarded citizenship by us.
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