BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad additionally stated that selections on these issues relaxation solely with the central authorities and that state governments don’t possess the constitutional authority or energy to take calls on these issues.
“Mamata Ji, you’re the identical one that stated about CAA that we are going to not let any Hindu, Sikh, Parsi or Christian refugee affected by violence enter Bengal. Mamata ji has at all times opposed CAA, whereas CAA had completely no relation with the residents of India, be it Hindu or Muslim,” the previous union minister stated in a press briefing.
“Do you’ve gotten the appropriate within the Structure? This proper belongs to the Authorities of India. This energy doesn’t belong to the state authorities,” he stated.
The row over Mamata’s comment began after CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday stated that her authorities would supply shelter to individuals from violence-hit Bangladesh and wouldn’t flip anybody away ‘if they arrive knocking on our doorways.’ Nonetheless, she not solely provided shelter to these displaced by the protests but additionally allegedly declared that she was not a ‘kafir,’ an Arabic time period in Islam which refers to disbelievers.
Irked by the feedback, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya instantly took robust exception to what he noticed as selling “abuse in opposition to non-Muslims”.
“Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, in a public rally immediately, declares, ‘She shouldn’t be a Kafir’. She equates Kafirs to being ‘darpok’ or cowards,” Malviya wrote on X. “With Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim by her facet, who just lately gave an open name to transform everybody to Islam, Mamata Banerjee unabashedly endorses the abuse in opposition to non-Muslims…,” the BJP chief charged.
Mamata’s “Bengal’s relations with India” comment at Shaheed Diwas rally additionally didn’t go effectively with BJP leaders, triggering a powerful response. BJP nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla requested if Bengal was a “separate nation.”
“Is Bengal a separate nation in keeping with her or an integral a part of Bharat! Left desires a international secretary for Kerala! TMC sows seeds of separatism within the title of appeasement. What does INDIA bloc WANT? balkanisation of Bharat? Some individuals divide India on caste, language and faith,” BJP’s nationwide spokesperson charged.
BJP chief Amit Malviya additionally harassed that West Bengal is an “inalienable a part of India” and commented that “this sort of seditious language doesn’t behove a sitting chief minister” .
“Mamata Banerjee ought to know that West Bengal is an inalienable a part of India. Thousands and thousands of revolutionaries have sacrificed their blood to safe a homeland for Hindu Bengalis,” he wrote on X.
Nonetheless, the TMC has outright defended the West Bengal CM’s proper to talk to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in regards to the ongoing violence over quota system for civil service jobs within the nation, stated TMC chief Sudip Bandyopadhyay highlighting their “good relationship”.
“Mamata Didi has a very good relationship with Bangladesh’s PM. If wanted, each of them can discuss to one another,” Bandyopadhyay stated. His assertion got here amid Bangladesh protests that claimed over 150 individuals who demanded reforms for the quota system.
“I am unable to touch upon Bangladesh (challenge), as it is a separate nation….but when helpless people knock on Bengal’s door, we’ll shelter them as a result of a United Nations decision permits neighboring areas to help these in bother,” she stated.
Protests have erupted in Bangladesh demanding adjustments to the quota system that reserves civil service jobs for sure teams, together with the descendants of 1971 battle veterans. The unrest intensified when college students opposed a brand new coverage that allotted authorities jobs to descendants of freedom fighters, resulting in violent incidents resembling assaults on state tv headquarters and police cubicles in Dhaka.
The Bangladesh authorities in response imposed a curfew, closed faculties, and suspended cellular and web companies throughout the nation. Following protests that resulted in over 100 deaths, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court docket stepped in, lowering the quota for kinfolk of battle veterans from 30 p.c to five p.c.
