People should not be reduced to refugees in their own country, says Mamata Banerjee

Expressing grave concerns over the publication of the final draft National Register of Citizens(NRC) in Assam, West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee today questioned the validity of the entire exercise.

According to news agency ANI, Mamata Banerjee said," There were people who had Aaadhar cards and passports but still their names are not in the draft list. Names of people were removed on the basis of surnames also. Is the Govt trying to do forceful eviction?."

Earlier today, the names of around 2.89 crore people were released in the final draft list of the national register of citizens in Assam.


Hitting out at the centre and the state, Banerjee said, people are being isolated through a game plan. Raising fears over people turning into refugees in their own country, Mamata stated that real aim of the exercise was to "throw out Bengali speaking people and Biharis."

She also warned that the negative fallout of NRC exercise will be felt in other states as well.


Asking the centre to look into the matter urgently she said, "Where will the 40 lakh people whose names have been deleted go? Does centre have any rehabilitation program for them? Ultimately it is Bengal which will suffer.Its just vote politics by BJP."

She also requested the home minister to bring an amendment which would address some of these concerns.