Watch: When West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee led the anti-Citizenship Act rally in Kolkata
The state Governor, however, was not happy, and called the act ‘unconstitutional’.
Massive rally against #CAB and #NRC by #MamataBanerjee.Huge crowd following her.#MamataBanerjee#CitizenshipAmendmentBill #CitizenshipAmendmentAct #CitizenshipBill #JamiaMilia #JamiaProtestsCAB #TrendingNow #CABPolitics #CABProtests pic.twitter.com/cuCbS0xyzt
— Logeshwaran Maripandiyan (@LangerLogesh) December 16, 2019
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took part in a rally against the Citizenship Act and the National Register of Citizens in Kolkata on Monday. She was joined by hundreds of supporters who marched from a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar on Red Road to Jorasanko Thakurbari - the childhood home of Rabindranath Tagore, NDTV reported.
Speaking at the rally, Banerjee commented on the trend of branding people as “anti-nationals”.
"Everyone is an anti-national and only they are nationalists? So peculiar. This is not how a country is governed" : @MamataOfficial#NoCABNoNRC pic.twitter.com/Z4ptVsHcfe
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) December 16, 2019
“No NRC, no CAB. We want peace,” Banerjee said.
"We are all citizens. Communal harmony is our motto. We will not allow #NRC. We will not allow #CAB"@MamataOfficial administers the pledge ahead of #NoCABNoNRC rally pic.twitter.com/ndCrb5XzDw
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) December 16, 2019
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted that he was “extremely anguished” that Banerjee and her allies spearheaded the rally.
.@MamataOfficial. I am extremely anguished that CM and Ministers are to spearhead rally against CAA, law of the land. This is unconstitutional. I call upon CM to desist from this unconstitutional and inflammatory act at this juncture and devote to retrieve the grim situation.
— Jagdeep Dhankhar (@jdhankhar1) December 16, 2019
