Kolkata/IBNS, April 10 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Act won't be implemented in her state, rallying behind the minority community in the run up to the 2026 assembly elections.

Attending an event organised by the Jain community in Kolkata, Mamata said she won't allow any law that creates division among people, giving out a message of co-existence.

Earlier, Mamata, who heads the ruling Trinamool Congress, had said the Waqf (Amendment) Act will again be revised once the anti-Modi front comes to power in future.

Mamata's remark comes in the backdrop of violent anti-Waqf protests that erupted in the Muslim dominated Jangipur of West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Wednes...