BJP Should Be Ashamed For Causing Panic Over NRC In Bengal: WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Mumbai: Accusing the BJP of causing panic over NRC, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that it has led to six deaths in the state.
Addressing the meeting of trade unions, the TMC supremo said that he would not allow NRC practice in the state.
“The NRC exercise will not be conducted in Bengal or anywhere in the country, because of the Assam Accord was organized in Assam,” she said.
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The Assam Accord, an agreement was signed in 1985 between the then Rajiv Gandhi government and the All Assam Students Union, ending a six-year mass movement against accused migrants from Bangladesh for illegal settling.
Banerjee said, “The BJP should be ashamed for causing panic over NRC in Bengal, it killed six people. Trust me, I will never allow this practice in Bengal.”
Criticizing the saffron party for “undermining democratic values” in the country, the chief minister said, “Democracy exists in Bengal, but it is under threat in many other parts of the country.”
The BJP is not talking about job losses or the decline of the Indian economy, all it wants to do is to serve its political interests.
Referring to the fiasco of Jadavpur University recently on 19 September, he said that the people of Bengal have seen what he (ABVP and BJP) did in the institute.
“They try to use wield power everywhere, bulldoze everything,” Banerjee added.
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