Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday accused the BJP of insulting people living near the Bangladesh border by asking them to prove their Indian citizenship for the second time in the name of CAA.
Addressing a public meeting at Ranaghat in Nadia district, Banerjee said that if a resident of West Bengal’s Nadia or North 24 Parganas districts bordering Bangladesh has to prove their citizenship again, then applying the same criteria to all Will happen. including the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister.
“I have a question to those who are misleading people in the name of Citizenship Amendment Act. Why rules cannot be made even after CAA is introduced in Parliament. Because they used CAA to get votes.”
TMC’s Diamond Harbor said, “If you have all the documents and have got the benefits of government’s welfare schemes, and if you have voted in earlier elections, then why there is a need to do it again? Because BJP is trying to divide people.” wants.” The MP said while addressing the gathering. The CAA provides for granting citizenship to migrants from Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
But since the rules under the Act are yet to be framed by the government, no one can be granted citizenship under it as of now. “In the name of National Register of Citizens, BJP had removed names of 19 lakh people from the NRC list. We will not allow them (BJP) to do the same in West Bengal,” said Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
His remarks come weeks after Shubhendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, challenged the CM to stall the implementation of the CAA in the state. After massive victories in the 2011 assembly elections and 2014 Lok Sabha elections, “the TMC’s performance in many parts of Nadia district has not been satisfactory in the subsequent elections”, the party MP said.
Addressing the gathering, Abhishek Banerjee said, “The results in Ranaghat are not as per expectations. We are here to take corrective action. If you are not happy with the work of people’s representatives in the three-tier panchayat bodies, then you tell us why.” Is.” He shared a toll-free number where people can send names of their favorite candidates for the Panchayat elections in a particular area.
The TMC leader said, “If anyone wants to work for TMC to serve their interests, the door is open for them… If anyone is found directly or indirectly involved in the contract business, he will be cannot hold office.” That the party will not tolerate any act of vote loot and booth jam during the 2023 Panchayat elections. Banerjee publicly asked Partha Pratim Dey, the pradhan of the district’s Tatla-1 gram panchayat, to send his resignation letter by Monday for allegedly “not visiting the area after being elected four years ago”.
“Mr Roy please send your resignation by Monday. We will have a new panchayat pradhan who will be more sensitive to people’s needs. Only those with acceptability among local residents will get tickets. I am bringing down the wall between you (voters) And the people you will choose,” the TMC leader said at the public meeting.
Banerjee also said, “Earlier, leaders from Kolkata used to come here and announce the names of the candidates nominated by the party (for the rural elections) and then not come back to the area in the subsequent six months to see that how they’re doing.” The days are over. The new TMC will rectify the past mistakes and be more transparent for the people to create a new panchayat system.” Banerjee also accused the CPI(M) and the BJP of being involved in the killing of TMC workers in the district in the last five years.
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