Earlier, Banerjee had expressed “shock” over the notice issued to Brajabasi. She alleged that the man was being harassed on suspicion of being a “foreigner/illegal migrant” even after he had furnished valid identity documents.“This is nothing short of a systematic assault on democracy. It is a proof that the ruling BJP dispensation in Assam is attempting to implement NRC in Bengal, where it holds no power or jurisdiction,” the All India Trinamool Congress chief stated.She alleged that a premeditated attempt was being made to intimidate, disenfranchise, and target marginalised communities. “This unconstitutional overreach is anti-people, and exposes BJP’s dangerous agenda of bulldozing democratic safeguards and erasing the identity of Bengal’s people,” she said.She added that this ‘alarming’ situation called for urgent unity among all Opposition parties to stand up against BJP’s ‘divisive and oppressive machinery’.
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