Amit Shah Skips SIR Talk in Bengal, Focuses on Matua Outreach in Mayapur

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Mayapur, Nadia district, focusing on the influential Matua community ahead of state polls.
• Shah avoided mentioning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) amidst ongoing uproar, despite its relevance to citizenship debates.
• Addressing a gathering, Shah presented himself as a devotee, honoring Vaishnavite saint Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati and Matua founders Harichand and Guruchand Thakur.
• He praised the Matua Mahasangha for social reform, fighting untouchability, and promoting education and gender equality, linking their legacy to Hindu society unification.
• The visit is seen as a strategic outreach to consolidate Matua support, crucial for BJP in southern West Bengal, despite leaders calling it spiritual.