On the evening of 11 March 2024 the Union Ministry of Home Affairs notified the rules for implementation of Citizen Amendment Act 2019. The BJP has described it as a 'redemption of their election promise' while the Opposition has called it an 'attack on secular fabric, of the country. While I have already written about the Act in December 2019 itself , I wish to explore the politics behind CAA in this essay. Complicated Landscape of West Bengal Politics The Namasudras historically resided in the eastern and central parts of undivided Bengal. Slowly in the 19th Century, this caste group mobilised under a socio-economic protest sect called Matua. This got them their current name of Matua-Namasudra. They migrated to India in large numbers during the Partition and in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Most of the population of this community is concentrated in North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts of West Bengal. The community also has a sizeable presence in Purba Bardh...
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