Bengalis and Punjabis are two communities which suffered major loss during partition. The evil plan to include entire Bengal in East Pakistan which was foiled by Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee and the volcanic outburst of Direct Action made Bengal a victim of Muslim League’s Islamist ideas.

Those who migrated to take refuge in India, as being their only hope and civilizational homeland after facing persecution in Pakistan, have still been languishing in India devoid of any citizenship right because of the antipathy and betrayal of some political parties and their dangerous politics of appeasement. The case of Matua Community which constitutes a large section of Namsudras in Bengal is really heart rendering.

A large section of this community migrated in West Bengal in 1960’s to save their Hindu roots from‘ the atrocities inflicted by Islamists in East Pakistan. Since then they have been politically exploited by every political force in West Bengal. The Communists who consider religious identity as opium were very often seen rushing to Thakurnagar to touch the feet of the Late Binapani Devi whom everyone including Mamta Banerji calls Boroma (Elder mother).

Communists used the political might of the Matua community to remove Congress from power. Similarly Mamta Banerji too exploited the electoral number of Matua community to topple the Left Government in West Bengal. Unfortunately these political parties have been shamelessly indifferent towards the problems of the community, brazenly denying the much needed Indian identity which they deserve as a right.

Trinmool backed out from its promise made to Matua Community.

In 2009 General Elections and 2011 Assembly Elections, Mamta Banerji begged for political support from the Matua community and was able to sustain her performance because this community firmly stood behind her as they were ditched by the Left. In return Mamta promised to take care of the community’s interest in a holistic manner, one of them was obviously a long pending demand of the community to grant them Citizenship. It is pertinent to mention that TMC was part of UPA till 2013, but it never bothered to raise the interest of the Community at the Centre.

Now when Bharatiya Janata Party paved ways for realizing the dream of Citizenship to Bengali Hindus including Matua and several other prosecuted communities, it was none other than Mamta Banerji and her party, TMC, who left no stone unturned to ensure that the Bill gets lapsed. On one side she opposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and argued that Bengalis would be compelled to leave India, and hence she cannot support that.

But when BIP made it sure that no Bengali Hindu will have to leave India by passing Citizenship Amendment in Lok Sabha, keeping at stake its government in Assam, it was Mamata who compelled the Bill to get lapsed in Rajya Sabha. It is beyond one’s understanding what political considerations made her to do this, but one thing is for sure that her opposition of NRC or her concerns about Citizenship Bill are not moved by genuine concerns of Hindu Bengali refugees, but who she cares is the interests of Illegal Bangladeshi Muslim Infiltrators who want to overtake the entire Bengal and repeat 1947.

She opposed the bill with a single point agenda of appeasing the Islamists in Bengal who want to turn it into another Pakistan with every passing day. She even did not care about the letter written by 102 year old matriarch of the community, Binapani Devi, who urged Mamata that, Let me remind you that citizenship and rehabilitation of the refugees have long been a standing demand of the Matua community. You had promised me that you would look after the interest of the Matuas. Citizenship has been our long pending demand. Now that there is an opportunity, I request you to instruct your party [Trinamool Congress] to support the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha or else the Matua community will not support you anymore.

It is unfortunate that West Bengal is still being made a laboratory for radical extremists who want to change the demography of the state. All political parties other than ruling TMC, like Congress and CPI (M) too have changed their stands to pamper and appease the dominant Jehadi Vote-bank in Bengal. BIP is the only force which is standing firmly behind the genuine concerns of Bengali Hindus and is ready to sacrifice anything for them.