West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee at her party’s office in Parliament on August 1, 2018. | Photo Credit: PTImore-inA police complaint was lodged against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by a youth leader in Lakhimpur on August 1 over her remarks on Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft. “Going against the Supreme Court Mamata Banerjee is making all efforts to halt the NRC process by meeting the Union Home Minister. Therefore I appeal to you (officer-in-charge) to file a case against Mamata Banerjee and take necessary action,” Mr. Hazarika said in the complaint. The much-anticipated second draft of the NRC, touted to be a proof of Assamese citizenship, was published on July 30 and excluded 40 lakh people.

Source: The Hindu August 01, 2018 13:32 UTC