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Bengal NCPI MPs meet Shah, keep NDA distance
The Hindu··7 Aug
Three Nationalist Citizens Party of India MPs from Murshidabad met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and raised SIR voter deletions and mosque loudspeaker restrictions. Khalilur Rahaman, Yusuf Pathan and Abu Taher Khan said their stance against joining the NDA or BJP had not changed. They had skipped recent NDA meetings while still seeking constituency-level remedies.
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What It Means For You
- Murshidabad voters can track MP pressure on SIR deletions that affect passports, land deals and welfare access.
- Mosque congregations can note the MPs' request for uniform, sensitive loudspeaker enforcement under noise rules.
- Bengal politics watchers can see the trio meet Shah and Modi while still refusing a formal NDA label.
What's Happening
- NCPI MPs Khalilur Rahaman, Yusuf Pathan and Abu Taher Khan met Home Minister Amit Shah on August 6.
- They raised SIR voter deletions and mosque loudspeaker restrictions in Murshidabad district.
- They said their refusal to join the NDA or BJP had not changed after skipping recent alliance meetings.
Why Murshidabad MPs Separate Issues From Alliance
- The three lawmakers left Trinamool with a larger rebel group that later moved to NCPI after Bengal's Assembly polls.
- They were scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi for breakfast on August 7 with other NCPI MPs.
- Their letter sought faster SIR tribunals and additional benches by year-end for genuine deletion cases.
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