Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed some individuals are attempting to divide the nation by pursuing politics of hate and stated that she is able to give her life however “will not allow a division of the country”. Banerjee, talking at a congregation for Eid namaz on the metropolis’s Red Road, additionally urged individuals to unite and be sure that the right-wing BJP celebration is defeated within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
“Some people are trying to divide the country and practise politics of hate … I am ready to give my life but will not allow any division of the country,” she stated, with out naming anybody.
Accusing the saffron camp of attempting to alter the structure of the nation, Banerjee stated “she will not allow implementation of NRC in West Bengal.” It has been the TMC’s stand that the National Register of Citizens and the citizen’s modification act which confers citizenship rights on minorities from neighbouring international locations was not wanted and current citixenship data and acts have been adequate.
#WATCH | West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee go to Red Road in Kolkata the place individuals provided namaz on the event of #EidUlFitr pic.twitter.com/uKlUjGFQ3g
— ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2023
“I am ready to fight the money power (of her political opponents), and (central) agencies (which her party alleges has been unleashed on TMC with a political motive), but I will not bow my head,” she stated.
“In one year’s time, elections will be held to decide who will come to power in our country. Let us promise that we will unite and fight against divisive forces. We must ensure that all of us together vote them out in the next polls. If we fail to protect democracy, then everything will be finished.”
