"Playing Games For Gujarat Polls": Mamata Banerjee On BJP's CAA Move
NDTV
The Bengal Chief Minister said at Kolkata Airport, before leaving for Chennai, that politics cannot be more important than people's lives and rights
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hit out at the BJP for implementing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, in Gujarat. Taking a swipe at the ruling BJP over the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat, she claimed that those affected were not getting enough help as the government there was in election mode.
Speaking to reporters at the Kolkata Airport, before leaving for Chennai, Ms Banerjee said: "Stop this politics. Gujarat elections are coming, that is why they are doing it [implementing CAA]. We won't allow it. We are all citizens."
She added: "We are totally against this, and we opposed this. They are playing this game because of Gujarat elections, but I will stick to what I said earlier. Election is not that important. Politics is not that important. People's lives and their rights are more important."
BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, had claimed yesterday that implementation of CAA had started in the country and West Bengal won't be left out."
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