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Banerjee additionally asserted that she will not permit the implementation of the Citizenship Modification Act within the state (File Photograph)
She cautioned those that making use of for CAA would flip an applicant right into a foreigner and urged them to not apply for it
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday mocked the BJP’s goal of successful 400-plus seats within the Lok Sabha polls and challenged the saffron camp to win at the least 200 constituencies.
Banerjee additionally asserted that she received’t permit the implementation of the Citizenship Modification Act within the state.
She cautioned those that making use of for CAA would flip an applicant right into a foreigner and urged them to not apply for it.
“The BJP is saying “400 paar”, I problem them to cross the 200 seats benchmark first. In 2021 meeting polls, they gave a name of 200 plus seats however needed to cease at 77,” she stated.
“The CAA is a lure to show authorized residents into foreigners. We might permit neither CAA nor NRC in West Bengal,” she stated whereas addressing her first rally within the election season after her harm earlier this month.
Banerjee, the TMC supremo, slammed the opposition bloc INDIA companions — CPI(M) and Congress– for “becoming a member of arms with the BJP” in West Bengal.
“There is no such thing as a INDIA alliance in West Bengal. The CPI(M) and Congress are working for the BJP in Bengal,” she stated whereas addressing an election rally at Krishnanagar in assist of TMC candidate Mahua Moitra.
“Our MP Mahua Moitra was maligned and expelled from the Lok Sabha as she was vocal in opposition to the BJP,” she added.
