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A conception of the Matua number assemblage successful West Bengal started a hunger onslaught connected Wednesday (November 5, 2025) against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter lists. The protests were started nether the enactment of Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Bala Thakur at Thakurnagar demanding unconditional citizenship for the number community.
The members of the All India Matua Mahasangh are fasting until death at Thakurnagar in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. The protestation is being held successful beforehand of the Thakurbari, the community’s spiritual headquarters. However, the TMC MP was not contiguous successful idiosyncratic astatine the protestation tract on Wednesday.
“Unconditional citizenship should beryllium fixed to the uprooted refugees, including the Matuas, who are permanently residing successful India until 2024, by enacting a caller law,” Ms. Thakur wrote successful a societal media station connected Wednesday morning. She besides said that successful the sanction of SIR votes of the uprooted and marginalised minorities should not be snatched.
“The SIR process should not region our names from the elector list,” 1 of the protesting Matua assemblage members who was participating in the indefinite hunger onslaught said.
However, BJP MP Shantanu Thakur who leads different faction of the Matua community accused that the ones fasting are each “Bangladeshi nationals” and doubtful voters.
“This is conscionable a governmental move. Why did Mamata Bala Thakur not articulation the accelerated herself? This is each a drama,” Mr. Thakur accused.
On Tuesday (November 4, 2025), Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led a protestation rally successful Kolkata against the SIR process and accused that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) camps started by the BJP are monetising from the issue. “I volition bash immoderate is needed for the community,” Ms. Banerjee said portion assuring the Matua assemblage members during her nationalist address.
Meanwhile, astatine a antagonistic pro-SIR rally held by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari asked each Hindu refugees to use for citizenship done the CAA camps organised by them and assured that they volition stay protected.
However, the TMC enactment has maintained their absorption to the CAA camps and have urged West Bengal residents to not use to CAA.
