India, Aug. 28 -- West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union minister Shantanu Thakur-led All India Matua Mahasangha of issuing identity cards and religion certificates in exchange for money to Bangladeshi immigrants ineligible for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

TMC leader Gopal Seth, who heads the Bongaon municipality in North 24 Parganas district, on Wednesday said he wrote to the Union home ministry about Thakur allegedly holding camps and selling Bangladeshis, who entered India in recent years, ID cards and certificates. "But I got no reply," said Seth. He added he will file a petition in the Calcutta high court.

The Matuas, who mostly trace ...