GUWAHATI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on November 20 said that she would not allow the NRC exercise in her state.
This statement came after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise will be held all over India along with afresh NRC in Assam.
"The NRC exercise in Assam was conducted according to an act and also as per the direction of Supreme Court of India. The NRC exercise will happen in entire nation and then afresh exercise will be conducted in Assam too," said Amit Shah.
“The process of National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be carried out across the country. No one, irrespective of religion should be worried. It is just a process to get everyone under the NRC," he added.
Addressing a public meeting in Murshidabad district, Banerjee said that there are few people, who are trying to create disturbance in the state in the name of implementation of NRC.
Further she said that NRC in Assam was part of the Assam Accord signed during the tenure of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, hence the exercise can never be implemented across India.