Mamata Banerjee’s TMC plans agitation against NRC exclusions

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) of Kolkata (India) on Monday decided to hold an agitation against the exclusion of about 19 lakh names from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee set to lead a rally in Kolkata on September 12.

Before that separate rallies would be held in all the state’s 341 blocks on September 7 and 8, it was decided at a meeting held at a place close to the chief minister’s residence in Kalighat that was attended by all MPs, district presidents and ministers and district coordinators of Didike Bolo public outreach campaign.

“The party will organise agitations protesting harassment of genuine Indian citizens due to the NRC in Assam at every community development block of West Bengal over September 7 and 8 and a central protest rally will be taken out in Kolkata on September 12,” said TMC Rajya Sabha member Sukhendu Sekhar Ray.

During the meeting, the party also decided to better its present coordination with political parties active in the northeast.

Sayantan Basu, general secretary of the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party said, “Right now we are busy holding interactive sessions with intellectuals in every district of Bengal on NRC and abrogation of article 370. Ahead of Durga Puja we will take out rallies demanding citizenship for Hindus from Bangladesh and push back of Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators into Bangladesh.”

Source: hindustantimes/dailysun