Fight against CAA second battle of independence: Mamata Banerjee

TIL Desk/National/Siliguri/ Calling upon all political parties, NGOs and student bodies to hit the streets and carry forward the movement against the new citizenship law peacefully, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday described the fight against the CAA as the second battle of independence. “I appeal to all political parties, NGos and student organisations to hit the streets and take forward the movement peacefully.

 If you don”t come out on the streets, these people will ruin India. Don”t let them ruin our independence,” Banerjee said at a march organised by her Trinamool Congress against the Citizenship Amendment Act in this northern Bengal town, about 550 km from Kolkata. “This is our second battle of independence. It is a battle to protect the country”s freedom, to protect the country from conspiracy, bigotism and divisive politics,” she said.

The four-kilometer march began from Pradhannagar and culminated in Bagha Jatin Park. Banerjee addressed the people at both the locations. A huge number of people, including Gorkhas, participated in the march – the first held by the Trinamool chief in north Bengal after she began her protest againt the CAA and a proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens.