Amid protest WB govt directs on NPR work; over 354 arrested to maintain peace, harmony
Kolkata, Dec 16: Amid the continuing violent protest over the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act in parts of West Bengal. And, the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led mega rally condemning implementation of NRC and Citizenship law, senior officials of the state government on Monday issued stay orders on work related to the National Population Register (NPR) across the state.
The protests led to road and rail blockades. The violence is not dying down despte of warning by state's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and authorities, over 300 people were arrested so far.
Condemning the CAA Mamata led a mega rally from Red Road to Jorasanko Thakur Bari, the ancestral house of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in north Kolkata.
She has strictly urged the agitators to not indulge in vandalism and arson, saying that it will only undermine the very motive of the protest.
Reportedly, the official circular, (392-Home (NPR)/O/Cen-02/19) has been issued by the additional secretary of Home and Hill Affairs Department. Meanwhile, the notice has also been forwarded to all the district magistrates and commissioners of Kolkata and Howrah Municipal Corporations.
The NPR is being prepared at the local (village/sub-town), sub-district, district, state and national levels under provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955, and the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003. It is a register of residents of the country.
Mamata lashed out at WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, she wrote to him stating, "Really sorry to see your frequent tweets and press briefings criticizing State Govt...Prime focus of the state administration is to maintain peaceful situation as against what is going on throughout the country."
Dhankar
has
asked
CM
Matama
to
brief
him
about
the
situation
in
the
state
on
Tuesday.
Replying
to
CM's
letter
he
told
to
news
agency
ANI,
"...Even
on
current
critical
situation
in
the
State,
I've
not
been
briefed
by
State
Govt.
I'd
like
that
we
in
tandem,
in
larger
public
interest
work
so
that
people
of
West
Bengal
get
respite
from
violence&peace
is
restored."
The
TMC
supremo
had
earlier
blamed
in
an
apparent
refering
to
Asaduddin
Owaisi
of
AIMIM
for
vandalism
and
arson.
Mamata Banerjee leads mega anti-CAA rally, vows not to allow NRC, citizenship law in Bengal
The agitators have blocked road and railway stations in East Midnapore, Murshidabad, Malda, Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts, inconveniencing hundreds of commuters.
Internet
services
continued
to
remain
suspended
in
many
parts
of
the
state-
Malda,
Uttar
Dinajpur,
Murshidabad,
Howrah,
North
24
Parganas
and
parts
of
South
24
Parganas.
Mamata
government
has
also
asked
media
houses
to
exercise
caution
while
reporting
incidents
of
violence
in
the
state.