CM Mamata demands Shah’s resignation, terms SIR ‘Super Emergency’

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a scathing attack on the central government, demanding that Union home minister Amit Shah step down immediately for what she termed "serious internal security lapses" in the country.

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Addressing reporters at Uttarkanya, the branch secretariat in Siliguri, Miss Banerjee accused the Centre of double standards and failure to prevent illegal infiltration, while also alleging political misuse of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of electoral rolls in West Bengal.

"When you have failed to stop the infiltration of Rohingyas, you should resign. How did they enter India, and what were the central agencies under your control doing along the borders? Are you staging a drama?" she said, reacting to Mr Shah's recent statement alleging infiltration and settlement of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, even in Bihar, ahead of the Assembly elections there.

Calls SIR a 'Super Emergency': The chief minister described the ongoing SIR process as a politically motivated move to paralyse the state administration.