Overview
- Party sources say roughly 700 camps are planned across 17 districts, while state chief Samik Bhattacharya says the tally will top 1,000.
- Operations will concentrate on Bangladesh-bordering areas, including North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Cooch Behar and North Dinajpur.
- Workshops led by B L Santosh trained workers to run camps and assist applicants seeking citizenship under the CAA.
- New directives set targets, assign district-level accountability, require monthly progress reports and provide helplines for on-ground issues.
- Internal strains persist as Matua leaders warn of possible voter exclusion during the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision, and BJP MP Nishith Pramanik cautions the exercise could remove up to 1.2 crore names.