WB-CITIZENSHIP-LAWYERS

Lawyers take out protest rally against CAA, NRC in Kolkata
    Kolkata, Jan 21 (PTI) A section of lawyers practising
at the Calcutta High Court took out a rally to protest against
CAA and NRC which was attended by advocates with different
political leanings.
    Holding placards, the lawyers walked around the
high court premises raising slogans against the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC)
during the rally on Monday.
    CPI(M) leader and former mayor of Kolkata Bikash
Ranjan Bhattacharya, Congress leader Arunabha Ghosh and
members of Trinamool Congress lawyers' cell participated in
the rally.
    Bhattacharya said that the CAA is against the spirit
of the Constitution and attempts are being made to create a
divide among the people of the country on grounds of religion.
    Ghosh said "As per the Constitution, the country
is secular and there is no role of religion in the functions
of the nation." PTI AMR
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