The Centre will enforce the new citizenship law once the vaccination drive across the country is over and the Covid-19 pandemic ends, Union home minister Amit Shah announced in West Bengal on Thursday. Shah made the statement at an election rally at Thakurnagar in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district while addressing the Dalit Matua community which has demanded the law’s immediate implementation. “We promised in 2019 that we will amend the citizenship law and asked the Matua community to support us in the Lok Sabha polls. Today, I promise that the law will be enforced once vaccination is done and Coronavirus is gone,” Shah said at a crowded rally. “Do you promise to overthrow the Mamata Banerjee government?” Shah asked the crowd while ending his speech.

Source: Hindustan Times February 11, 2021 13:52 UTC