West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that some people are attempting to divide the country by pursuing hate politics, and she stated that she is willing to give her life but “will not allow the country to be divided.”
Addressing people after Eid UL Fitr namaz at Red Road in Kolkata, she said, “I’m ready to give my life, but will not allow any division of the country. We want peace in Bengal. We don’t want riots. We don’t want divisions in the country.” Hitting out Bharatiya Janata Party, CM said, “All I would like to tell you is stay peaceful, don’t listen to anyone. A “Gaddar Party” with whom I have to fight and with agencies too. I have the courage to fight with them and I am not ready to move back.”
CM Banerjee accused the saffron party of attempting to change the country’s constitution, saying that if democracy is lost, everything will be destroyed.
“If democracy will go away, everything will go away. Today Constitution is being changed, history is being changed. They (BJP) brought the National Register of Citizens (NRC). I told them that I will not let them do that,” said WB CM.
Abhishek Banerjee, National General Secretary of the Trinamool Congress, also attended the event at Red Road. Previously, on Ram Navami, several vehicles were set on fire in Howrah after two groups clashed. Rioters vandalised public and private property and set fire to vehicles during the procession.
