Police register FIR against Mamata Banerjee
The Assam police have registered an FIR against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on complaints over her allegation that the Centre was conspiring to drive Bengalis out of Assam with the state’s new National Register of Citizens.
The BJP government in Assam has condemned Banerjee’s statement, saying it was “derogatory, insulting to the people of Assam and against the Constitution as well as the spirit of the Supreme Court.”
Numerous groups staged protests across Assam condemning the statement by the TMC chief.
The general secretary of All Assam Students’ Union Lurin Jyoti Gogoi said the comment made by the West Bengal CM smacked of design to create communal divide in Assam and amounted to contempt of Supreme Court which is supervising the NRC updating process in Assam.
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The AASU leader hoped that the apex court would act against Banerjee over such unwarranted comment on a matter under its constant supervision.
Meanwhile, the state president of the ruling BJP in Assam, Ranjeet Dass, today condemned Mamata Banerjee’s inflammatory and provocative statement on updated NRC in Assam, warning her against playing divisive politics with the emotions of the people of the state.
Dass said, “We have observed her comment with concern. She has exposed her total lack of understanding of the updating process of NRC for Assam.”
“Her eyes are set on West Bengal Assembly elections. Alarmed at BJP’s inroads into that state and her eroding base, she is seeking to play with the emotions of the people,” he added. Dass warned Banarjee against “playing politics on linguistic lines”.
Meanwhile, the police FIR sparked an angry response from the Trinamool Congress.
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