BJP holds CAA camp in Bagda; Trinamool calls it ‘gimmick'
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(CAA) registration camp at Bagda's Sagarpara area in North 24 Parganas.
The camp saw a big turnout from members of the refugee community, mostly Matuas.
One of the applicants, Vijay Biswas, said, "I used to live in Dhaka and came to Bengal in 2011. Now, I have applied under the CAA."Another applicant, Sudhir Pandey, who had migrated from Bangladesh in 2003, said, "I don't have a voter ID or Aadhaar card. That's why I came here to fill out the CAA form." Amal Krishna Pandey, who came from Faridpur in 1986, said, "Even though I have both Aadhaar and voter ID cards, I was told these are not enough.
So I've applied under the CAA."
Trinamool, however, termed the initiative BJP's "political gimmick". TMC's Prosenjit Ghosh said, "In Maharashtra, four people holding these cards were arrested and later deported to Bangladesh. This is all an eyewash. People are being misled in the name of CAA and NRC."
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A local BJP worker said, "The huge participation at the camp showed that people are keen on CAA despite what Trinamool claims."
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