Mamata Banerjee to hold rally in Kolkata against citizenship law amid protests across the state

West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a rally this afternoon to protest
against the amended citizenship law, passed by Parliament last week. She shared
the details about the rally through her tweet

She also
asked people to join the rally in a “peaceful manner”.

Protests
over the new citizenship law continued in the state for the fourth consecutive
day on Monday, with incidents of road and rail blockades reported from various
parts of the state.

In East
Midnapore and Murshidabad districts, the agitators blocked thoroughfares since
morning, inconveniencing hundreds of commuters, officials said.

Several
trains have been cancelled or delayed due to the ongoing protests, they added.

Internet
services remained suspended in six districts of state – Malda, Uttar Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Howrah, North 24 Parganas and parts of South 24 Parganas districts
– where agitation over the amended Act have brought life to a halt.

Governor
Jagdeep Dhankar had on Sunday accused Banerjee of wasting public money on the
campaign against the law on television instead of insuring police effectively
curbed the state-wide arson.

In the
campaign, the chief minister asks people to refrain from violence while
assuring that her government would not implement the CAA and the National
Register of Citizens (NRC) in Bengal.

On Sunday
night, the officer in-charge of Uluberia police station, along with a few other
police personnel, sustained injuries after they were attacked by the agitators.

They had to
be admitted to a nearby hospital, district officials said.