Kolkata, Sept. 4 -- The Trinamool Congress is all set to fight its battle on the streets against the National Register for Citizens (NRC). Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has directed her district-level party leaders to meet the people and convince them about the BJP's "malafide intention" of invoking an Assam-like NRC in Bengal too.
The TMC leaders have been asked to begin their district-wise campaign on September 7 and 8. The campaign will culminate in a massive protest rally on September 12.
Apart from the Bengali speaking people, the TMC will also take up the cause of about one lakh Gorkhas who have been excluded from the NRC.
Banerjee's pro-Bengali, pro-Muslim, pro-Gorkha move is seen as a counter-strategy against BJP's Hidutv...