Why Prime Minister Modi is visiting a shrine in Bangladesh
3 years, 9 months ago

Why Prime Minister Modi is visiting a shrine in Bangladesh

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is embarking on a two-day state visit to Dhaka on March 26 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence. In February 2019, ahead of the Lok Sabha election, PM Modi flew in to Thakurnagar, North 24 Paraganas, to meet Matua matriarch Binapani Devi, also known as Boroma, a fourth-generation descendant of the sect’s founder Harichand Thakur. The TMC has been popularising the fact that Biswas’ grandparents are not only among the donors of the main Harichand Thakur temple in Orakandi, the one Modi is due to visit soon, but they also built another temple in Thakur’s name in the Saplidana area of Gopalgunge, Bangladesh. Among the Matuas’ other demands is an official holiday to commemorate the birth-anniversary of Harichand Thakur, a university in his name, and that a chapter on his life be included in schools’ history syllabus. Moreover, the promise of citizenship via the CAA in the BJP’s election manifesto along with a financial assistance of Rs 10,000 a year to all Matua households for the next five years and pension for Matua persons, will further strengthen the party’s position in the community.

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