KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stated she won’t enable the implementation of the CAA, NRC and the Uniform Civil Code within the state.
Responding to her assertion, the BJP accused her of resorting to vote financial institution politics and attempting to polarise the society.
Addressing a gathering right here on the Crimson Street on the event of Eid-ul-Fitr, Banerjee claimed that some folks will attempt to “engineer riots” throughout elections and urged everybody “to not fall prey to the plot”.
Eid-ul-Fitr marks the end result of the month of Ramzan.
“We won’t settle for the Citizenship (Modification) Act, Nationwide Register of Residents and Uniform Civil Code. We won’t settle for any forcible implementation of those. I have no idea find out how to hate folks. I don’t ship hate speeches. I would like all people to reside like brothers, in peace and concord. If we are going to reside unitedly, no one will have the ability to trigger hurt to us. Don’t let anyone break this unity,” Banerjee stated.
“So long as I’m alive, no one will have the ability to hurt you. I’ll maintain preventing them,” she added.
“…there can be individuals who will attempt to engineer riots within the identify of faith. You retain your cool and we won’t allow them to reach initiating riots right here,” Banerjee stated.
In an obvious reference to the BJP, Banerjee alleged that with the elections closing in, the central authorities companies are being “used” to scare the folks, primarily the opposition leaders.
“Just a few folks wish to scare folks within the identify of companies throughout the elections. I’ll inform them (BJP) to assemble a jail and put everybody behind the bars. However will you have the ability to put all the inhabitants of 130 crores in jail? I’m able to shed blood for the nation, however not prepared to permit this torture go on,” she stated.
She asserted that in West Bengal, folks reside in peace as a result of there’s a brotherhood amongst totally different communities.
“Stay in peace and it’s our accountability to take care of your safety. No one will have the ability to torture you,” she stated.
She asserted that her occasion, TMC’s combat is in opposition to the BJP. “Bear in mind, it is the TMC that’s preventing in opposition to the BJP. We’ll resolve concerning the INDIA bloc later. However in West Bengal, please be certain that no vote goes to some other occasion,” she stated.
TMC nationwide normal secretary and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee accompanied her on the Eid meet.
Reacting to her remarks, BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya accused her of attempting to polarise the society, and asserted that individuals wished to listen to concerning the chief minister’s plan for the financial uplift of all communities however as a substitute, she tried to “sow the seeds of division” amongst folks.
“As an alternative of spreading the message of amity, brotherhood among the many Muslim brethren on the gathering on Crimson Street, the CM tried to sow the seeds of division and polarisation for her slender vote financial institution politics,” Bhattacharya alleged.
