WB-NRC-RESOLUTION

TMC, Cong, Left to bring joint resolution on NRC in Assembly
    Kolkata, Sep 4 (PTI) The ruling Trinamool Congress and
the opposition Congress and Left Front has decided to bring a
joint resolution in the West Bengal Assembly opposing the NRC
in Assam in order to corner the BJP.
    The resolution would be placed in the House in the
second half of Friday.
    "For the last two days, the Trinamool Congress was
hesitant to allow us (Congress and Left Front) to bring a
resolution against the NRC in Assam. They have agreed today.
Now it has been decided that the ruling TMC and the opposition
Congress and Left Front will bring the resolution jointly on
Friday. There will be a discussion on it," Leader of the
opposition Abdul Mannan of the Congress said.
    Since the beginning of the special session of the
Assembly on August 26, the Congress and the Left Front have
been demanding discussions over various issues such as price
rise and implementation of pay commission. But their demands
were rejected.
    After the publication of the final NRC list on August
31 leaving out over 19 lakh applicants, the Congress and the
Left Front are demanding a discussion on it.
    "But this demand too was not accepted for the last two
days. So we felt that TMC is not bothered about the sufferings
of the people who have been excluded in the final NRC. But
today they said they too want a joint resolution," Left Front
Legislative party leader Sujan Chakraborty said.
    It is need of the hour to oppose this "draconian
exercise", Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee
said.
    BJP legislative party leader Manoj Tigga said his
party will oppose the resolution.
    "The NRC has been done keeping in mind national
security to drive out infiltrators. If they are opposing it,
they are working against the interest of the country," Tigga
said.
    The Trinamool Congress on Monday decided to hold mass
protests across West Bengal on September 7 and 8 opposing the
NRC in neighbouring Assam. PTI PNT
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