After Meeting PM Modi In Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee Holds Dharna Against CAA, NRC

Hundreds of protesters staged demonstrations at the crossing outside airport gate number one despite strict security. Demonstrations were also held in various other parts of the state against Modi's visit to the city during the day

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Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Saturday amidst the ongoing protests across the city against the amended Citizenship Act. As per ANI, Mamata Banerjee told PM Modi that people in Bengal are against CAA, NPR and NRC and that CAA and NRC should be withdrawn. PM Modi arrived in Kolkata on a two day-visit and is scheduled to attend the function marking the 150th anniversary of Kolkata Port Trust on January 12. "I told the PM that people in Bengal are not accepting NRC (National Register of Citizens) and CAA. You should reconsider it. He has said I am here for other programmes so he asked me to come to Delhi for meeting," she told ANI after the meeting. Soon after meeting PM Narendra Modi, CM Mamata Banerjee attended a TMC students wing sit-in demonstration in the city against CAA. Clarifying her stand on meeting PM Narendra Modi to agitating students, the Bengal CM said it was her 'constitutional obligation'. "I am the only leader who met Narendra Modi and told him that CAA, NRC and NPR cannot be implemented", Mamata told agitating students.

West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee participates in a demonstration being held by Trinamool Chhatra Parishad in Kolkata, against #CitizenshipAmendmentAct and National Register of Citizens. pic.twitter.com/dv48aJR24p

— ANI (@ANI) January 11, 2020

Demonstrations were also held in various other parts of the state against Modi's visit to the city during the day.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee: While speaking to Prime Minister, I told him that we are against CAA, NPR and NRC. We want that CAA and NRC should be withdrawn. https://t.co/4ALUK2yPh3 pic.twitter.com/4sXduEn0lJ

— ANI (@ANI) January 11, 2020

Hundreds of protesters staged demonstrations at the crossing outside airport gate number one despite strict security. WATCH | PM Narendra Modi meets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata

#WATCH: PM Narendra Modi meets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. The Prime Minister is in Kolkata to take part in 150th anniversary celebrations of the Kolkata Port Trust. pic.twitter.com/6r6ghcLlSu

— ANI (@ANI) January 11, 2020

"As far as we know, she (Banerjee) will attend a programme of the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) on January 12, where the prime minister would also be present," a senior TMC leader told PTI. The significant political development comes a day after Banerjee had said in the state assembly that she would boycott an opposition meeting called by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on January 13 over the JNU violence, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and other "anti-people" policies of the Centre.