Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday paid a visit to a Matua household in Baguihati

 

Amit Shah Has Lunch At A Refugee Community Family Home In Bengal

The Matua community, which belongs to a caste of cultivators, has a population of over three crores in West Bengal and is considered important in the state's polarised politics.

Kolkata: 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday paid a visit to a Matua household in Baguihati in the northern fringes of the city and had his lunch there.

Before reaching the residence of Nabin Biswas, a member of the community, Mr Shah went to a temple of the Matuas in the locality where he spent some time.

Accompanied by BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, BJP national vice-president Mukul Roy and state party chief Dilip Ghosh, Mr Shah had his lunch sitting on the floor of Nabin Biswas' two-storied house at Gauranganagar area.

The BJP veteran leader had vegetarian Bengali food served on a plate with a banana leaf on it.

Party sources said he had a spread of roti, cholar (chana) dal, rice, shukto (a famed Bengali dish of stewed vegetables which is slightly bitter), moong dal, fried brinjal, chutney rounded off with nolen gurer payesh (rice pudding with date palm jaggery).

All the six members of the Biswas family had lunch with the home minister.

"I am very happy to host the union home minister at my home. It's an honour for us," said Mr Biswas, who along with five other members of his family went through COVID-19 tests before Amit Shah's visit as a precautionary measure.

A tight security blanket was thrown in the area in view of the BJP leader's visit and all shops were closed before he reached it.