Dilip Ghosh: Mamata should concentrate on governance rather than taking to streets

West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for organising marches against new citizenship law saying that "she should concentrate on governance rar than always taking to streets". His comments came in backdrop of fact that Mamata Banerjee has vociferously protested against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, opposing it tooth and nail. She has organised marches and rallies opposing new citizenship law.

Speaking to media Ghosh said, "Those who have to run government are on streets and hence we all can see condition of state. Mamata Banerjee should concentrate on running state and on governance rar than taking to streets. She is giving compensation to anti-social elements who died in Karnataka during anti-CAA protests while her party leers and she never visits or give compensation to families of those who have died in West Bengal." 

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Banerjee on Thursday anunced compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to families of those who lost ir lives in Mangaluru during protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. "We will pay a cheque of Rs 5 lakh each to families of those who lost ir lives in Mangaluru during protests against new citizenship law," Chief Minister Banerjee h at a public rally. Chief Minister Banerjee said that she would tell all students to continue ir protest against CAA and National Register of Citizens (NRC) but in a democratic way.

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Anti-CAA protest led by Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee has been leing protests against NRC and CAA for last few weeks. She has led quite a few protest marches and has given speech after speech to put forward points about what she claims unjust nature of NRC and CAA. She has also called for all opposition parties across nation to come toger against CAA and NRC.

West Bengal government led by Mamata Banerjee has stalled preparation and updating of National Population Register (NPR) process amid protests against Citizenship Amendment Act. Banerjee has vociferously said , ' CAA, NRC' in West Bengal. She has written to several Opposition leers for joint opposition to Act. She has also suggested a UN-monitored referendum on issue and has maintained that NRC and CAA will never be implemented in Bengal.

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Mamata Banerjee has been among leers to voice out strong dissent against Delhi police action against protestors from Delhi's Jamia Millia University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Uttar Presh's Aligarh Muslim University where protests turned violent with incidents of stone-pelting and damaging public property. 

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(with ANI inputs)