Bengal polls: Mamata accuses BJP of bid to cancel nomination, opposes UCC

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that an attempt was made to cancel her nomination from Bhabanipur by submitting false affidavits. Banerjee also criticised the BJP for proposing to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal and claimed that through this the saffron camp wants to snatch away the rights of the people.

"Staring at imminent and humiliating defeat, they (BJP-ECI) are now resorting to every unconstitutional and undemocratic trick in the book just to cling to power," Banerjee said.

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"They made two affidavits but failed to do it. They tried so much to stop me from contesting. Just imagine if they are torturing me like this, what can they do with you people," Banerjee said.

"SIR is destructive. They have deleted the names of 90 lakh people from SIR, then what can they do," she said.

Banerjee said she will not allow the UCC to get implemented in Bengal as "We are against Uniform Civil Code. If you implement this, when you will not be in power, we will reject this," Banerjee said.

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"You will not have the right to practice your religion as per your wish. Hindus get married according to their religious rituals and customs, Scheduled Castes get married by their religious customs, tribals get married according to their religious customs, minerjee said, Banerjee said while speaking about UCC.