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Mamata Banerjee: 38 lakh Bengali-speaking persons left out of draft NRC

Updated On: 14 August, 2018 09:14 PM IST | Kolkata | IANS

"People not included in the list are being branded as either infiltrators or refugees by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and harassed," the Trinamool Congress chief said, adding that people's freedom cannot be snatched in the name of NRC

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Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee

Upping the ante on her opposition to the draft NRC in Assam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that 38 lakh Bengali-speaking persons -- both Hindus and Muslims -- were left out of the list.

"Unfortunately, most Indian citizens left out of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam speak Bengali (language)... out of over 40 lakh persons left out, around 25 lakh are Hindus and 13 lakh Muslims who speak Bengali," she told reporters here.

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