Howrah, April 3 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of introducing the Waqf Amendment Bill to "divide the country" and promised to reverse it through an amendment if a new government comes to power at the Centre.

Addressing a press conference in Nabanna, CM Mamata Banerjee said, "This was done intentionally, politically, to divide the country. But one day, they will go away, and the other Government will come. At that time, you must remember there will be another amendment, and it will be passed in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha."

Earlier, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi also criticized the BJP-led government after the bill was passed in the Lok Sabha. She called it a "brazen ...