Mamata's referendum remark over CAA an insult to Indian Parliament: Smriti Irani

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her demand for the UN-monitored referendum on amended Citizenship Act and NRC, saying her remark was an insult to the Parliament.

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The Union textile minister is in the city to attend an event at a city hotel. "The comment (made by Banerjee) is an insult to Indian Parliament," Irani told reporters when asked to react on the chief minister's remark over the citizenship law.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had on Thursday dared the Narendra Modi government at the Centre to go for a UN-monitored referendum on the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed nationwide NRC and said that he will have to quit if it fails "mass vote". 

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