Shawdesh Desk:

Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be visiting West Bengal today to clarify BJP’s position on the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Shah is scheduled to speak to BJP workers at Netaji Indoor Stadium and hold meetings with party leadership. He will also inaugurate a community Durga Puja at Salt Lake, The Indian Express.

The seminar assumes importance as it is being held at a time when there have been 11 deaths in the state allegedly due to panic over the implementation of NRC in West Bengal. This will be Shah’s first visit to West Bengal since he assumed the office of the union home minister earlier this year.

Reiterating his stand that the BJP will implement National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal, state president Dilip Ghosh said, “The Opposition can say whatever they want, but we will implement the NRC in Bengal. We will identify and drive away infiltrators. Amit Shahji is coming to Bengal tomorrow and he will be here to say this. However, Hindus need not worry. Every Hindu will get citizenship.”

The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has been protesting against the NRC.