All Refugees In India Will Be Granted Citizenship Under CAA: Amit Shah

Shah also exuded confidence that BJP will form the next government in Bengal with two-third majority after the 2021 assembly polls

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Kolkata: Targeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek, union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said a son of the soil and no shahazada (prince) would become the state chief minister as BJP will form the next government in Bengal with two-third majority after the 2021 assembly polls. "Before the Lok Sabha polls, Mamata didi used to say our candidates will lose their deposits. But for the first time we won 18 of the 42 seats in the state. Mamata didi can see the figures. In the coming assembly polls also, the BJP will get an absolute majority... a two-thirds majority and form the government," the senior BJP leader said addressing his first public rally in Bengal after the last year's general elections. Kicking off BJP's campaign for the local body elections in West Bengal, Union minister Amit Shah today asserted that the central government will not stop until and unless all refugees in the country are granted citizenship under the CAA. Accusing opposition parties, including the TMC, of misguiding the refugees and minorities, Shah said not a single person will lose citizenship as a result of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). "The opposition is terrorising minorities... I assure every person from the minority community that CAA only provides citizenship, does not take it away. It won't affect your citizenship," the home minister said. "We will not stop until and unless all the refugees are granted citizenship," he added. Shah also launched the BJP's 'Aar Noi Annay' (no more injustice) campaign in West Bengal at the rally. Shah on Sunday arrived in the city on a day-long visit, as opposition parties protested against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and raised 'Go Back' slogans outside the airport. Shah was greeted by the West Bengal BJP leadership, led by state party president Dilip Ghosh. Hundreds of protesters of the Left Front and Congress, holding black flags and anti-CAA posters, demonstrated outside gate number 1 of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. Police had put up a barricade to prevent them from crossing over to the entrance of the airport. Shah addressed a rally at the Shaheed Minar Ground, where the state BJP will felicitated him for the passage of the amended citizenship law in Parliament. BJP national president J P Nadda also attended the public meeting. This apart, the home minister inaugurated a new building of National Security Guards at Rajarhat. Shah also visited the Kalighat Temple in south Kolkata. (with inputs from agencies)