BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday referred to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s stand on the NRC as “kursi politics” and said his party was looking to implement the exercise in West Bengal as it was a demand of the state’s youths. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal also hit out at his West Bengal counterpart, saying there was an “evil design” in her remarks and the move to send a Trinamool team to the north-eastern state to destabilise the NRC process.
Meanwhile, in Lucknow, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said there should be no politics over the NRC in Assam as it was an issue of national interest. He reiterated that this was not the final NRC but a draft, and adequate time would be given to settle all claims and objections.