Mamata Banerjee Alleges Border Force Wants To Issue New Identity Cards
NDTV
Mamata Banerjee asked people to refrain from taking the card as they could be kicked out of the country under the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the Border Security Force (BSF) wants to provide a separate identity card to the people in the border areas and asked people to refrain from taking the card as they could be kicked out of the country under the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
Ms Banerjee's remarks came after Union Minister Shantanu Thakur said on Sunday that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) would be implemented across the country in a week.
"The BSF is oppressing the people. The BSF wants to give a separate identity card to the people in the border areas. Remember, do not take the separate identity card that the BSF wants to give by entering the border area; say that I have an Aadhaar card or that I have a ration card; say that I will not take your card. If you take that card, you will come under the NRC, and they will throw you out," she said.
