Key Points
A former Lok Sabha MP, Thakur has been handpicked by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a reason: she is a prominent leader from the Matua community...
The ruling party in West Bengal announced Thakurs candidature for election to the Upper House a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be notified before the Lok Sabha polls slated April-May this year...
BJPs Subrata Thakur came in third with a vote share of 24.17 percent.His sons loss made Manjul Thakur return to the TMC but the party had by then found in Mamata Bala Thakur its Matua face..
In 2016, when Manjul Thakur wasnt given a TMC ticket to fight the state polls, his elder son Shantanu began to mingle with the BJP, eventually securing a BJP ticket from the Bongaon Lok Sabha seat in 2019.Riding on the BJPs promise of implementing CAA, Shantanu won from Bongaon with a vote share of 48.85 percent, defeating his aunt Mamata Bala Thakur of the TMC, who came in second with 40.92 percent votes...
Given the numbers in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Mamata Bala Thakur is all set to enter the Rajya Sabha as a Trinamool MP from the Matua community at a time when the central government plans to notify the CAA rules ahead of the Lok Sabha polls...
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