Curated By: Sanstuti Nath
Last Updated: January 29, 2024, 09:59 IST
South Twenty Four Parganas, India
Thakur, a prominent BJP leader in West Bengal, is a member of Parliament from Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency (Image: News18)
In December last year, Amit Shah reiterated the BJP-headed central government’s commitment towards implementing the CAA
In a bold assertion, Union Minister Shantanu Thakur, in West Bengal claimed that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) would be implemented across India by next week.
Addressing a meeting of booth workers in South 24 Parganas district’s Kakdwip on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said in Bengali, “I can guarantee that in the next seven days, not just in West Bengal, but the CAA will be implemented across India.”
Thakur, a prominent BJP leader in West Bengal, is a member of Parliament from Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency. He backed his claim with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s earlier statement where the latter asserted that the CAA is the law of the land and no force could prevent its implementation.
In December last year, Amit Shah, while addressing a gathering in Kolkata’s iconic Esplanade, reiterated the BJP-headed central government’s commitment towards implementing the CAA.
Attacking Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over issues like infiltration, corruption, political violence, and appeasement in the easter state, Shah said “No one can stop” the implementation of CAA in the country.
He also urged people to dethrone the TMC government from Bengal and elect the BJP in the 2026 Assembly elections.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act has been at the forefront of massive protests across India since it passed in both Houses of Parliament and received the President’s assent in 2019. The law has been in a state of limbo as the Centre has yet to frame rules for the CAA and implement it.
