Guwahati, July 8 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the BJP and called for Opposition unity on Tuesday after learning that Assam's Foreigners Tribunal had issued a National Register of Citizens (NRC) notice to a resident of Cooch Behar in West Bengal, declaring him an illegal migrant.

Reacting to the notice served to Uttam Kumar Brajabasi, a 50-year-old Rajbanshi man from Dinhata, Banerjee expressed outrage, calling the move "a systematic assault on democracy."

She emphasized that Brajabasi has lived in West Bengal for more than five decades and holds valid identification documents.

Taking to her official social media handle, Banerjee posted, "This alarming situation calls for urgent unity among all Opposition par...