Mamata claims people took money from BJP for perpetrating violence over CAA
'We will never allow NRC and CAA in Bengal,' Banerjee said as she read out an 'oath' for her party workers.
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Monday that a few people were paid by the BJP to perpetrate violence in the state, even as she blamed at some powers from outside West Bengal 'acting as friends' of the Muslim community for the vandalism and arson.
Earlier on Monday, Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata along with thousands of partymen and vowed not to allow the proposed country-wide NRC and the amended Citizenship Act in West Bengal.
The TMC supremo began the protest march from Red Road in heart of the city, and it is set to culminate at Jorasakho Thakur Bari, the residence of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in north Kolkata, around 4 km away. "We will never allow NRC and CAA in Bengal," Banerjee said as she read out an 'oath' for her party workers.
She requested people to join the movement in a peaceful manner within the ambit of the law.
The CAA provides citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who faced religious persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 31, 2014.