During Eid 2024 meeting in Kolkata on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reiterated her stand against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens and Uniform Civil Code in the state saying that she won’t allow forceful implementation of these “till I am alive”, while also warning of “engineered riots” in name of religion during the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Addressing the Eid-ul-Fitr gathering at the Red Road, Mamata urged the gathering to “keep quiet, keep your head cool” if a situation of riot arise.
“… there will be people who will be trying to engineer riots in the name of religion. You keep your cool and we will not let them to succeed in initiating riots here,” Banerjee said.
Claiming that she doesn’t know how to hate people, the West Bengal CM said she wants everyone to live in peace and harmony.
“We will not accept the CAA, NRC, UCC. We will not accept any forcible implementation of these. I do not know how to hate people. I do not deliver hate speeches. I want everybody to live like brothers, in peace and harmony,” news agency PTI quoted Mamata as saying at the meeting.
“Till I am alive, nobody will be able to cause harm to you. I will keep fighting them. I have learnt from you people not fearing death, but it’s the other way round,” she added.
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Published: 11 Apr 2024, 02:31 PM IST