more-inWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on August 1 sharpened her attack on the BJP over the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, accusing the party of playing vote-bank politics, while also warning that the issue will “destroy” India’s relationship with Bangladesh. She said only 1% of the 40 lakh residents, whose names are missing from the draft NRC, could be infiltrators, but people are being “harassed” in the name of infiltrators. “The NRC will destroy relationship between India and Bangladesh. Out of 40 lakh people whose names are not in the list of NRC, only 1% could be illegal infiltrators. Her comments come in the backdrop of Assam government publishing the draft NRC on July 30.

Source: The Hindu August 01, 2018 11:43 UTC