Kolkata, April 23 -- A day when the first phase of the election is going on, Prime Minister Narendra Modi combined assurances for refugee communities and a slew of welfare promises for women making it obvious the BJP is trying to counter TMC's dole politics with better offers.
Addressing a rally in Krishnanagar in Nadia district where Matua-Namasudra refugees form a decisive segment of the electorate, the Prime Minister assured that the refugees who have come to India because of religious persecution will not lose their citizenship.
The Prime Minister's assurances come at a time when sections of refugee communities, particularly the Matua population in Nadia, have expressed apprehensions over their citizenship status amid the ongoing Spec...