Mamata calls BJP ‘Bharatiya Junk Party’
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She says CAA won’t ever be carried out in Bengal.
At a time when the BJP management is sustaining a strategic silence over the implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday raked up the difficulty of the controversial laws, saying it will by no means be carried out within the State.
Addressing a public gathering at Ranaghat in Nadia district, Ms. Banerjee mentioned that the Matuas (a sect of Hindus which have migrated from Bangladesh) have been residing within the nation for many years and there was no want for any citizenship legislation for them. She maintained that they had been already residents and the entire debate of giving them citizenship was futile.
“They [Centre] suddenly came with a Bill, which will make foreigners from citizens. I am telling you best if the CAA is not implemented. As the Chief Minister of the State, I want to assure that we will not let CAA happen here, “ she said. She reminded people that she had hit the streets in protest against the CAA in 2019 when the Act was passed by Parliament.
The BJP leadership, particularly party president J.P. Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have said that the rules of the CAA were being framed but they have shied away from giving any timeline of implementation of the Act in the State. While members of the Matua community are keen about the implementation of the CAA, the minority community have overwhelmingly opposed the implementation of the Act. Violence had erupted in Muslim dominated areas of West Bengal after the Bill was passed.
A ‘washing machine’
The Trinamool Congress chairperson also targeted the BJP calling it a “washing machine” and “Bharatiya Junk Party”.
“When you stay in the Trinamool Congress, you are black. But when you join the BJP, you become all clean. The BJP is a big washing machine,” she mentioned.
The Chief Minister’s remarks had been in reference to the Trinamool leaders, together with occasion heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari, who’ve joined the BJP.
She additionally alleged that these from her occasion becoming a member of the BJP had been doing so both due to concern of Central investigating businesses or turning their black cash to white. “If you want to turn your black money into white, come to the BJP. It is a Bhartiya Junk Party, from where people from dustbin are joining,” she added.
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