New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pledged to the Matua Namasudra community that they will get citizenship. Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).“I pledge to the members of the Matua Namasudra community that they will get citizenship through CAA.” PM Modi Said at an election rally in Bongaon, BengalIn poll-bound West Bengal, the second phase of voting is taking place on April 29 in the Matua-dominated belt of North 24 Parganas and Nadia, with an unusual complication. A large section of voters are unsure whether they will be able to vote or not.The uncertainty has arisen from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which has led to significant deletions in Matua-heavy constituencies. In North 24 Parganas alone, around 3.25 lakh names have been removed from the voter list. Data from the main Matua pocket, Bongaon subdivision, shows that the deletion rate among those placed under the decision ranges between 67 per cent and 88 per cent. In Gaighata, 16,222 out of 22,278 marked voters were deleted, while in Baghdadh more than 15,000 deletions were recorded. Similar patterns have been reported in Bongaon North and South.In Nadia constituencies like Krishnanagar North, Krishnanagar South and Ranaghat areas, more than 90 per cent of the people who came under scrutiny did not make it to the final list. Administrative estimates show that a large proportion of the affected people are from the Matua Namasudra community.PM Modi also offered prayers at Thakurbari, the main temple of the Matua federation in Thakurnagar in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, ahead of his election rally in the area.His visit to the community’s headquarters, which houses the temples of sect founders Hari Chand and Guru Chand Thakur, is seen as an outreach to Matua voters, who directly influence at least 34 assembly seats and another two dozen on the Bangladesh border.His support was instrumental in the BJP’s strong performance in the 2021 assembly elections.Founded by Hari Chand Thakur in the 19th century, the Matua Mahasangh is a socio-religious movement that has historically worked for the upliftment of the Namasudra community through education and social reform.Modi had visited the Thakurnagar temple in 2019 and also paid homage in Orakandi, Bangladesh in 2021.