Mamata Banerjee says no NRC in West Bengal, govt to issue separate card if Aadhaar is deactivated
ANI quoted her as saying. ALSO READ: Central govt ‘delinking’ Aadhaar cards of people in Bengal to deprive them of social benefits: Mamata Banerjee Stating that Bengal cannot be suppressed, Banerjee said that it is the responsibility of the state government to protect the rights of citizens from ration cards to caste certificates. "We don't accept this coercive force.
I will write a letter to the Prime Minister. NRC won't be implemented here. Any detention camp won't be set here.
This is not Assam, Rajasthan, or Madhya Pradesh. We have started giving instructions that separate cards would be issued and distributed within 3 to 4 days," she said. While responding to questions that it is being claimed that those whose Aadhaar card is being de-activated should report to the BJP office, she said it is a fascist kind of order.
"Why should they go to the BJP office? BJP office propagates riots and hooliganism. Have they ever solved any people's problems? They are doing it in border areas, in north Bengal. They were frightened in Bengal so they are deactivating the Aadhar cards of specific groups.
To win more seats they are instigating riots. Bengal will stand by its effort," she added. Earlier Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Citizenship Amendment Act, which was passed by the Parliament in December 2019, will be notified and implemented before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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