New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a scathing attack at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her stance on the amended Citizenship Act and asked why is she afraid of the act.
Addressing a rally at Delhi’s Ramlila maidan, PM Modi also slammed Banerjee for saying that the Citizenship act must be discussed in the United Nations.
“I want to ask Mamata didi, what changed? Why are you spreading false rumours? Why're you so afraid? You must believe in the people of WB. Why are you not trusting the people of your State?,” the Prime Minister said.
“West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reached out to the UN on the issue. A few years ago, she had stood up in the Parliament and asked to stop infiltration from Bangladesh and wanted help for the refugees coming in from Bangladesh,” he added.
Continuing his attack at the West Bengal Chief Minister, PM Modi said that the entire country is watching why she is questioning the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
“These people have always done vote-bank politics. Everything ever said by them was a lie. They're agitating people for their votes, spreading violence, and are spreading false rumours,” he said.
Mamata Banerjee has been a constant critic of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Earlier, she had suggested that opinion poll be conducted by impartial experts of the country, the process for which could be observed by the United Nations. However, she later made a U-turn on remark.
“I am proud of my country... I have full faith on my countrymen. What I had said was that a gana vote (opinion poll) be conducted by a panel of impartial experts and members of national human rights commission. It can be observed by the UN,” she had said.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which seeks to grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who came to India on or before December 31, 2014, was passed in the parliament in this Winter Session.
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