BJP President Amit Shah TwitterHe said West Bengal’s ruling TMC was misleading people about the citizenship billAmit Shah, India’s union home minister and BJP president, asserted on Tuesday that the center will extend the National Register of Citizens to West Bengal but before that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill will be passed to accord Indian citizenship to all Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist refugees. Addressing a seminar on the controversial NRC, which has hitherto been restricted to Assam, Shah said West Bengal’s ruling TMC was misleading people about the citizenship bill, reports The Times of India. "Amit Shah says Citizenship (Amendment) Bill will be implemented before NRC in Bengal" https://t.co/0AhNYuuPMc — Jaynetai Mandal (@jaynetai_mandal) October 2, 2019He further hailed Indian PM Narendra Modi for scrapping provisions of Article 370 that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir, saying it will facilitate complete integration of the state into India. Disgusted to even mention that you are my home minister! Shame on you @AmitShah https://t.co/9Sg6iMb52e — Shama Mohamed (@drshamamohd) October 1, 2019Referring to Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of Janasangh, the BJP’s precursor, Shah said it was due to the sacrifices of the leader that West Bengal was today a part of the Indian republic.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 01, 2019 22:52 UTC