Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, led a massive protest march through the heart of Kolkata today against the newly introduced and controversial citizenship law of India. Hundreds of her party leaders and supporters walked with her carrying posters and flags against the controversial law, reports NDTV.
Mamata Banerjee's march from a statue of BR Ambedkar on Red Road to Jorasanko Thakurbari -- the childhood home of Rabindranath Tagore -- was dubbed unconstitutional by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, whose ties with the Chief Minister have been tense and acrimonious, it said.
"I am extremely anguished that CM (chief minister) and Ministers are to spearhead rally against CAA, the law of the land. This is unconstitutional. I call upon CM to desist from this unconstitutional and inflammatory act at this juncture and devote to retrieve the grim situation," the Governor tweeted.
Earlier, the Chief Minister had urged people to join her rally against the "unconstitutional" Citizenship Amendment Act. "A mega rally will be held today in Kolkata to protest against unconstitutional CABBill and #NRC. It will begin at 1 pm near the statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar on Red Road and end at Jorasanko Thakurbari. Come, let us all, every section of society, join this people's movement in a peaceful manner within the ambit of law," Banerjee tweeted.
Banerjee plans similar marches till Wednesday to underline her fierce opposition to the citizenship law, which, she says, she will not allow in Bengal.
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