Opposition to the CAA seems to be growing. After Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin vowed not to implement in the state , now West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee too has expressed her doubts on the issue.
According to report by PTI, Attacking the BJP-led government at the Centre over the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said there is no clarity in the rules that were notified and she has doubts whether those have legal validity. Addressing a programme in Habra in North 24 Parganas district, Banerjee urged the people to think several times before applying for citizenship under the law.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee quoted by ANI said , “Central Government implemented CAA yesterday, I am doubtful of its legality. There is no clarity from the Government over this. In 2019, names of 13 Lakh Hindu Bengalis, out of the total 19 Lakh, were removed from the list in Assam in the name of NRC. Several people died by suicide. Will they (whose names were removed) be granted citizenship if they seek?…What would be the future of their children? What about their property?…All your rights would be snatches, you would be branded ‘illegal’. This is a game to strip you off your rights…You will be taken to detention camp…You (Centre) hear me, I will not let anyone be taken away from Bengal.”
“This is a game of taking away the existing rights of citizens and is directly linked to the implementation of the NRC in the country,” she claimed.
The chief minister alleged that the CAA was unconstitutional and discriminatory.
