By Bhupen Goswami

Guwahati : In yet another controversial comment, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that “dirty politics” is going on in the name of publication of the final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. The Trinamool Congress chief alleged that names of genuine voters have been struck off the list. Mamata Banerjee asserted that she was not against the Assam government, but she does not support NRC, which is monitoring the process. “I still believe that dirty politics is being played in the name of the NRC. Names of genuine voters have been struck off the list. We do not support this,” Banerjee said during her visit to Thakurnagar in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Mamata has accused the BJP of resorting to “divide and rule” politics in the country and the Narendra Modi government of trying to make millions of people “stateless” in Assam for political gains. It should be noted that she has been very critical of the BJP-led government at the Centre since the publication of the final draft of Assam’s NRC on July 30. Earlier, the TMC supremo had warned that stripping the people of their citizenship could lead to “bloodbath” and a “civil war” in the country. The people group initially hailed from present-day Bangladesh and relocated to India in the course of recent decades. Banerjee has been extremely incredulous of the BJP-led government at the Center since the production of the last draft of Assam’s NRC on July 30. She had blamed the BJP for falling back on “divide and rule” legislative issues in the nation and the Narendra Modi administration of endeavoring to make a huge number of individuals “stateless” in Assam for political increases. The TMC supremo had cautioned that stripping the general population of their citizenship could prompt “bloodbath” and a “civil war” in the nation. Declaring that numerous individuals from past East Pakistan had come to India as outcasts, she stated, “Every one of the individuals who came to India before 1971 is especially Indian natives. They have their name on the voters’ rundown, have proportion cards and standing endorsements.” A designation from the Matua people group of Assam was available at the program. An enormous number of individuals of the network did not discover their names in the Assam NRC list. She said that Matua people group part and TMC MLA Mamata Thakur, and seven other gathering pioneers were not permitted to leave Silchar air terminal in Assam when they had gone there after the production of the last draft of NRC. Names of more than 40 lakh individuals were rejected from the residents’ enlist. Out of the 3.29 crore individuals who had filled their applications for the NRC, 2.89 crores found their names in the draft list.