BJP is like Donald Trump: Mamata Banerjee

At a rally in Ranaghat, Banerjee said, “The BJP is like Donald Trump. Are you not seeing Donald Trump, the way he is refusing to accept defeat? The BJP is exactly the same.

“The BJP will keep on saying it has won even after defeat. The two are both sides of a coin," she said.

Banerjee during her fiery speech once again attacked the BJP over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA.

“They (BJP) are asking for the birth certificates of our forefathers. How would anyone know?," Banerjee said.

“Throw out the party, which is asking for birth certificates of our forefathers, through elections,” the ruling Trinamool Congress chief said.

The CAA, which has already been enacted, aims to grant citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi but not Muslim refugees who came to India from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before 2015.

However, during his last visit to the poll-bound state, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had said the rules of the CAA will he framed only after the Covid-19 vaccination process is complete.

Banerjee is facing stiff contest from the BJP, which has acquired the opposition space in last few years, in the next assembly elections scheduled to be held in summer this year.