New Delhi, July 7:
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the BJP government in West Bengal was implementing its poll promises, including steps towards a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), action against infiltration and tougher anti-crime measures, while asserting that the vision of a ‘Sonar Bangla’ was taking shape under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s leadership.
Addressing a programme marking the 125th birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Shah sought to project the BJP government’s policy initiatives in the state as an extension of the late leader’s ideological legacy, linking issues such as citizenship, national integration, law and order, and cultural nationalism to Mookerjee’s vision.
The home minister, who laid the foundation stone for a 125-foot-tall statue of Mookerjee, also announced that a committee had been constituted for implementing the UCC in West Bengal.
He said the process of identifying and deporting infiltrators had begun, and reiterated the BJP’s commitment to granting citizenship to eligible refugees under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).“We are fulfilling the promises we made in our ‘Sankalp Patra’ during the Bengal elections,” Shah said.