The Citizenship Amendment Bill and NRC Will Together Destroy Our Country
Muslims will bear the brunt, of course, but India’s vast Hindu population will also suffer collateral damage. And all our rights as citizens will have been forever eroded.
#CABProtests
Muslims will bear the brunt, of course, but India’s vast Hindu population will also suffer collateral damage. And all our rights as citizens will have been forever eroded.
#CABProtests
The Citizenship Amendment Bill to grant citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants will be the top electoral issue in 2021 West Bengal and Assam assembly elections. The BJP is hoping to wrest power in West Bengal and a second term in Assam.
The CAB legally just opens a window for acceptance of a group of illegal immigrants as India citizens on the basis of their claim that they fled their parent countries - Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan due to religious persecution.
According to report, the Congress and AIUDF of Badruddin pocketed 78 per cent of Muslim votes in Assam in the last assembly election. In Bengal, the TMC, the Left Front and the Congress got 89 per cent of Muslim votes. The BJP's share of Muslim votes is marginal in both the sates
Yet, the BJP polled more than 42 per cent votes in Assam in 2016 to come to power for the first time in the state. The issue of illegal immigrants was a major polarising factor.
Bengal and Assam had gone to polls at the same time in 2014 so impact of illegal immigrants.
Bengal and Assam had gone to polls at the same time in 2014 so impact of illegal immigrants.
In 2019 parliamentary election, the BJP shocked the TMC of Mamata Banerjee though the party ruling in the state secured more seats than the one ruling at the Centre. The BJP replaced the CPI(M) as the lead Opposition entity as the left party failed to win a single seat.
The BJP polled over 40 per cent votes - up from 10 per cent in 2016 assembly polls - to win 18 Lok Sabha seats compared to 22 won by the TMC. The BJP has more MPs from Bengal than it has MLAs in the state.
The BJP had launched a frontal attack on Mamata Banerjee accusing her of siding with illegal immigrants. In January this year, BJP president Amit Shah held a rally at Malda in Bengal linking NRC with the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
MUSLIMS, BJP AND ELECTIONS
Muslims constitute around 27-30 per cent of the population of Bengal. In Assam, the share of Muslims in the state's population is around 35 per cent.
Muslims constitute around 27-30 per cent of the population of Bengal. In Assam, the share of Muslims in the state's population is around 35 per cent.
he Citizenship Amendment Bill to grant citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants will be the top electoral issue in 2021 West Bengal and Assam assembly elections. The BJP is hoping to wrest power in West Bengal and a second term in Assam.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill legally just opens a window for acceptance of a group of illegal immigrants as India citizens on the basis of their claim that they fled their parent countries - Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan due to religious persecution. 
MUSLIMS, BJP AND ELECTIONS
Muslims constitute around 27-30 per cent of the population of Bengal. In Assam, the share of Muslims in the state's population is around 35 per cent.
Muslims constitute around 27-30 per cent of the population of Bengal. In Assam, the share of Muslims in the state's population is around 35 per cent.
According to report, the Congress and AIUDF of Badruddin Ajmal pocketed 78 per cent of Muslim votes in Assam in the last assembly election. In Bengal, the TMC, the Left Front and the Congress got 89 per cent of Muslim votes. The BJP's share of Muslim votes is marginal.
Yet, the BJP polled more than 42 per cent votes in Assam in 2016 to come to power for the first time in the state. The issue of illegal immigrants was a major polarising factor.
The BJP polled over 40 per cent votes - up from 10 per cent in 2016 assembly polls - to win 18 Lok Sabha seats compared to 22 won by the TMC. The BJP has more MPs from Bengal than it has MLAs in the state.
In Bengal, the BJP improved its vote share and seats after its show in Assam. Bengal and Assam had gone to polls at the same time in 2014 so impact of illegal immigrants was not much visible in Bengal back then.
In 2019 parliamentary election, the BJP shocked the TMC of Mamata Banerjee though the party ruling in the state secured more seats than the one ruling at the Centre. The BJP replaced the CPI(M) as the lead Opposition entity as the left party failed to win a single seat.
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