The shaky part for the BJP lies in managing its electorate as it
endorses both a pro-citizenship law and one against it. The Bill has
found support in Assam’s Barak valley which has a high concentration of
Bengali-speaking Hindus.
The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a signatory to the 1985 Accord and a
supporter of the NRC, had left the alliance with the BJP after the Bill
was passed in the Lok Sabha. In Manipur, where the BJP is in power,
chief minister N Biren Singh, too, has expressed the state’s concerns.
In Meghalaya, the United Democratic Party (UDP) and the National
People’s Party (NPP), the BJP’s partners in the state, have opposed the
Bill. The Nagaland government too has expressed its reservations over
the CAB.
The BJP would be hoping the Citizenship (Amendment) will help it in other states, like among the Bengali Hindus in West Bengal.
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