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West Bengal government to provide land possession to refugees, regularise their colonies: Mamata

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Updated: November 25th, 2019, 17:57 IST
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Kolkata: Amid the BJP’s assertion to implement National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal and the likelihood of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill being placed in Parliament, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Monday that attempts would be made to regularise all refugee colonies on central government and private lands.

The displaced people will also be given land rights by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, Banerjee said told reporters.

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The decision was taken apparently to take the wind away from the BJP’s sails, as the saffron camp was hoping to cash in on passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which will be tabled in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.

“We have decided to regularise all the refugee settlements, solely because it has been a long time now – nearly 50 years. Since (March) 1971, they have not received any land possession,” Banerjee informed.

The West Bengal government had earlier regularised 94 refugee colonies which were on state government land, the CM said after a Cabinet meeting.

“There are several refugee colonies on land owned by the central government and private parties. We have been asking them for a long time to regularise these and provide the inhabitants with land possession. However, they have been sending eviction notices,” Banerjee pointed out.

“Those who are staying in refugee colonies for a long time do not have any right. So we thought they should get the rights as citizens of this country. They may be voting in elections, may be working here, but they don’t have proper land rights,” Banerjee stated.

Over 13,000 and 12,000 families staying on land owned by the state and central governments respectively would be benefitted by the decision, the chief minister said.

It should be stated here that Banerjee has been vehemently opposing the NRC and the CAB. Alleging that the TMC is protecting illegal immigrants from Bangladesh as they are the party’s votebank, BJP leaders have asserted that NRC would be implemented in the state.

There was panic among a section of the people in West Bengal following the publication of updated final NRC in the BJP-ruled Assam August 31, that left out 19.6 lakh people, and around 12 lakh of whom are reportedly Hindus. At least 11 people have committed suicide in West Bengal due to the panic over NRC implementation.

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