Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were making contradictory statements on NRC and wondered who was speaking the truth. Addressing a rally here, Banerjee, who is also the TMC supremo, said there was “no bigger fraud than the BJP”, and people should be aware of the party’s intentions.
“The prime minister is saying there has been no discussion or proposal on (nationwide implementation of) National Register of Citizens (NRC). But a few days ago, BJP president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said NRC exercise would be carried out across the country.
“Both the statements are contradictory. We wonder who is speaking the truth. They are trying to create confusion,” the chief minister said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a rally in Delhi on Sunday, said his government never discussed a nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) since coming to power for the first time in 2014.
“Whatever we have been saying is in public domain. Whatever the BJP has said is in public domain too. It is for people to decide,” the TMC chief said. The BJP is trying to divide India but people of the country will not let that happen, she warned.
“As long as I am alive, I will not allow them to implement CAA or NRC in Bengal and divide the country on religious lines. In Assam, where the BJP is in power, detention centres have been built. In Bengal, we will never build any such centre,” the CM asserted. (PTI)
