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    Amit Shah vows to implement NRC in West Bengal, throw out infiltrators

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    Amit Shah at a seminar in Kolkata said West Bengal's ruling TMC was misleading people about the citizenship roll.

    Amit Shah in Kolkata: NRC to be implemented in West Bengal, infiltrators will be evicted
    Bharatiya Janata Party National President Amit Shah said that the Centre will pass Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Rajya Sabha first and then implement National Register of Citizens in West Bengal.

    "Before bringing NRC in the country, CAB will be passed in Rajya Sabha by BJP-led government at the Centre. We will give citizenship right to all the refugees, including Matuas, who have been thrown out from different countries. Refugees from other countries - Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain Christian - will never be forced to leave the country," the Home Minister said, adding that canards are being spread about this.

    "I have come here to assure that after this bill is passed, refugees will have the same rights as you and I," he said.

    In a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Shah said, "Mamata Banerjee has opposed Citizenship amendment bill in Rajya Sabha and the MPs of Trinamool Congress did not allow to pass it last time. But the situation has changed now. The Bill will be passed and the Centre is resolved to give citizenship to all the refugees thrown out of different countries."

    "Didi is saying she will not allow NRC but we will weed out all illegal infiltrators from India through this register," Shah added.

    He emphasised that no infiltrators will be allowed to stay in India and no refugees will be thrown out of India. "People of Bengal are provoked with false notion by people with vested interest," Shah assured.

    "I want to remind Mamata Didi of her speech on August 4, 2005, in which she had clearly talked about throwing out intruders. She had even thrown her shawl. Now for vote bank politics, she is saying NRC will not be implemented," Shah reiterated.

    Praising West Bengal's contribution in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's victory in Lok Sabha polls, Shah said, "If people of the state had not contributed 18 seats and ushered 'Paribartan' in Bengal, huge majority for BJP would have not been possible. In Bengal, BJP will definitely form government under the leadership of Modi and changes will be visible."

    "BJP received 40 per cent vote in Bengal and people have supported Modiji. After this, our workers are facing violence. In the last four months, 30 workers have died. I want to assure those who have sacrificed their lives, of forming a majority BJP government in West Bengal in the upcoming election," Shah said.

    "We want to build 'Sonar Bangla' and bring back its lost glory. You have given a chance to communists, you tried Trinamool Congress, now give BJP a chance," Shah urged the people of Bengal.

    He also mentioned that Modi has fulfilled the dreams of Shyma Prasad Mukherjee by abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir and his slogan 'Ek Nishan, Ek Vidhan aur Ek Pradhan'.

    Bidhanagar Mayor and senior TMC leader Sabyasachi Dutta also joined BJP in the presence of Amit Shah at Netaji Indoor Stadium. Shah will inaugurate a community Durga Puja in Kolkata's Salt Lake area in the eastern fringes of Kolkata.


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