Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has also voiced her concerns over legal Indian citizens being left out of the list. Photo: MintKolkata: The Maoists have echoed the Trinamool Congress by calling the National Register of Citizens (NRC) a direct attack on Indian diversity. The NRC considers 24 March 1971—a day before the independent nation of Bangladesh was created—the cut-off for legal migration into India. Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has also voiced her concerns over legal Indian citizens being left out of the list. The resemblances in the protests by Banerjee and the Maoists are an example of the proposed ‘federal front’, according to the BJP leadership.

Source: Mint September 27, 2018 10:07 UTC