Banerjee alleged that the Census exercise was another backdoor attempt to enforce the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and that it was implemented without consulting political parties. Photo| PTI
West Bengal

Will not take political sanyas, Mamata says will continue fight against BJP

In a Facebook Live, she also said people of the state had understood the true face of the BJP within four months of the change in the government.

TNIE online desk

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she would not take political 'sanyas' (retirement) and would continue her fight against the BJP, asserting that she would not stop until the party was forced into obscurity.

In a Facebook Live, she also said people of the state had understood the true face of the BJP within four months of the change in the government.

Banerjee alleged that the Census exercise was another backdoor attempt to enforce the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and that it was implemented without consulting political parties.

She also said people must exercise caution before signing Census forms and sharing personal data, warning that it may result in personal savings getting wiped off.

Amid women's protests in different parts of the state over the alleged delay in disbursement of funds under the Annapurna Bhandar financial aid scheme for women, Banerjee said the state's BJP government was slashing the number of beneficiaries on the pretext of ineligibility.

"We had launched Lakshmir Bhandar to make women financially self-sufficient but the BJP is considering religion and race to provide Annapurna Bhandar money.

"It is violating its pre-poll promise of providing Annapurna Yojana money to all women, and is now cheating them," the former chief minister alleged.

Amid clashes between ABVP and Left students at Jadavpur University, she accused the BJP of orchestrating vandalism on the campus and asserted that "despite our differences of opinion with some students there, we respect them".

On the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, she alleged that the exercise had illegally deleted lakhs of genuine voters and said she would move the Supreme Court again, if required, for their inclusion in the voter list.

(With inputs from PTI)

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