Mamata Banerjee vows no CAA, NRC if INDI alliance wins

Guwahati: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday pledged that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) would not be implemented if the INDI alliance, the multiple-party Opposition alliance led by the Indian National Congress (of which TMC is a member of), is voted to power in the Lok Sabha elections.

Addressing a public meeting at the Town Club playground in Silchar, Banerjee said, “We will not implement NRC and CAA if the INDIA bloc is voted to power. This election is going to be terrible as never before have we seen an election as corrupt as this,” Banerjee said.

One of the main promises in the AITC manifesto, it may be noted, is the removal of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which is crucial for Assam, a state that has always been sensitive over the issue of illegal migrants from Bangladesh.