Mamata Banerjee always kept nation's interest in backseat: JP Nadda over TMC's anti-CAA protests

Nadda, who held a rally termed as "Abhinandan Yatra" from central to north Kolkata in support of the CAA, said, "It is the duty of every political party to progress politically but keeping nation's interest in the backseat is wrong. Mamata Banerjee has always kept the nation's interest in the backseat. When Article 370 was abrogated, she had said the issue must have been debated even after debates in Parliament."

"When Modi ji abolished triple talaq law, Mamata ji had said it was a defective law. She perceives all laws as defective. She has not done a single work in favour of the nation," he added.

At a time all three non-BJP parties in the state- Mamata's Trinamool Congress, Left and Congress are hitting the streets opposing CAA, Nadda held a massive rally from Hind Cinema in central Kolkata to Shyambazar in the northern part of the city amid thousands of saffron party workers chanting "Jai Shree Ram" as well as caricaturing Mamata's latest slogans which went viral on social media providing comic elements to netizens.

Taking the responsibility to make people understand about CAA, which will grant citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Christian, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi but not Muslim refugees who came to India from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Nadda said, "The ruling party continued to take one after the other steps as opposed to the welfare of Bengal. The CAA, through which Mamata Banerjee is fooling the people of the state, grants citizenship but does not takes away."

"The presence of so many people shows Bengal supports CAA. Bengal supports CAA because they are the lovers of their country," the BJP working president said.

Nadda also trained his guns against Mamata for remaining mum when violence in the name of anti-CAA protests had almost paralysed several parts of the state a week ago.

"Mamata Banerjee accused the Centre of creating violence while her own government is in place in the state What kind of an argument was that? She never condemned and criticised the violence. She should have taken actions instead of appealing to the protesters," said the saffron leader.

(Image Credit: JP Nadda Twitter)