SIR attempt to bring NRC through back door: Abhishek at oppn meet
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Kolkata: Election Commission's special intensive revision (SIR) in Bihar is an attempt by BJP and the poll panel to introduce NRC through the back door, said Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday.
The TMC national general secretary was speaking at an INDIA bloc virtual meeting.
Banerjee was also critical of Centre's handling of the Pahalgam terror attack and said that things had plummeted to such a "sorry state" that people in India "had to look to Donald Trump's social media handles and accounts to get updates because they were kept in dark by this govt at Centre." Banerjee was a part of the diplomatic delegations that visited various countries after Operation Sindoor.
INDIA bloc parties on Saturday held deliberations to reach a consensus on issues that to corner the govt during the monsoon session.
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According to sources, Banerjee said: "BJP Is using E square (E2) to attack — ED for opposition leaders and EC for voters." He added: "In Maharashtra, after 4 months of LS elections, BJP added 40 lakh voters to win the polls. They are trying a similar plot in Bihar. In Bengal, TMC caught additional voters, so they are introducing SIR to remove genuine voters."
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Banerjee said, "Pahalgam was an intelligence failure. Even the LG has admitted the same. Then why was the IB chief given an extension? What was the compulsion? Pegasus is used by govt to harass opposition instead of using it to stop terrorism and nab terrorists." He added: "The last 10-12 years of India's foreign policy has seen big decline. It is in bad shape." Banerjee is also a member of the Parliamentary committee on external affairs.
He said, "Why did no ASEAN member condemn Pakistan? After Pahalgam, delegations were sent to various countries. What good did it do? How many countries came in our support? Instead of briefing its own people, MPs were sent to brief people and relevant stakeholders of other countries by the Modi govt."
Among attendees of the meet were Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, J&K CM Omar Abdullah, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, NCP (SP)'s Sharad Pawar, Sena (UBT)'s Uddhav Thackeray, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, SP's Ram Gopal Yadav, and CPM's MA Baby.
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