West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hit out at BJP leaders for their recent "goli vs boli" remark during campaigns for the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi and said that the saffron party was firing bullets because it is aware that it will lose the poll.
She said that a country has a bleak future when its leaders take to the streets holding guns.
Hitting out at the saffron party from speeches at the border towns of Bongaon and Ranaghat Banerjee said a country slips into anarchy for sure where its leaders openly sponsor gun culture.
“What can lie ahead of a country where the Ministers come openly on the streets askingtheir supporters to take up guns and shoot their opponents?” the ChiefMinister said wondering if the trend continued they “I don’t know whatlies ahead of us.”
Predicting a sure loss for the BJP in the coming Assembly elections inDelhi, Banerjee said “as they are expecting a defeat in Delhi elections they are sending their cadres to the streets with guns. They are saying that ‘boli nahin chalega. Goli chalega (gun and notdialogue will rule the roost) … but truth to be told it is only ‘boli’(talks) and not ‘goli’ (bullets) that will finally hold the ground.”
Apparently referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who calls himselfa Chowkidar (watchman of the country) said “she looks after the peopleof her State throughout the year unlike those who call themselveschowkidar and surfaces before the people only during the elections.”
She said that she would never side with those who spread hatred forpolitical gains. “I don't belong to a group that spreads hatred amongmasses. It is due to instigation by the BJP leaders, that theincidents of firing took place near Shaheen Bagh and Jamia,” Banerjeesaid adding the BJP was dividing the masses and terrorizing them towin elections.
Speaking on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act Banerjee askedthe people not to show their documents and defeat the very purpose ofthe Act.
“The CAA is an instrument to divide the society. But I ask you not toshow your documents… remember that the CAA won't grant youcitizenship. Rather it will turn you into a foreigner… They are seeking information about three generations who lived before you. Whowill be able to provide such information? And if you cannot do thatyou will be called a foreigner. So don’t believe in them and don’tshow your documents.” Banerjee added.
Meanwhile, for the first time the legal fraternity on Tuesday took outa big rally in Kolkata condemning the CAA and National Register forCitizens.
About a thousand lawyers of Calcutta High Court as also law studentsfrom various colleges joined the rally mainly taken out by the LeftFront and the Congress. Condemning the CAA on “grounds of equity”member of All India Lawyers Union Srinjay Sengupta said, “today thelawyers are out on the streets, tomorrow professionals from allsectors will be there to denounce and reject the draconian CAA, NRCand NPR… CAA is not a law but fascist venom with legislative coating.”
