West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on February 19 said that Aadhaar cards of people belonging to Scheduled Classes and minority communities in certain parts of the State were being cancelled ahead of the elections. To address the issue, the State government on February 20 would start an Aadhaar Grievance Portal where citizens could file their complaints, she announced.
The Chief Minister also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the indiscriminate de-activation of Aadhaar cards .“This is a gross violation of Aadhaar rules. They are planning detention camps like Assam in the State. No NRC (National Register of Citizens) or any detention camp will be allowed in West Bengal,” Ms. Banerjee said, addressing media persons at the State Secretariat.
Claiming that this was a “conspiracy ahead of the polls”, she said now the Matuas should realise what all the talk on citizenship by the BJP was about.
