Two Assam TMC leaders resign over Mamata Banerjee’s 'civil war, bloodbath' comment on NRC

The two Assam TMC leaders are Diganta Saikia and Pradeep Pachoni.

The two Assam leaders said that Mamata doesn’t know any ground reality.

“Without any knowledge she (Mamata Banerjee) has slammed the NRC. The ground reality is vast difference as Mamata Banerjee said,” Saikia said.

While speaking at a conclave in New Delhi on Tuesday, the West Bengal Chief Minister said as she has been quoted by NDTV: "The NRC is being done with a political motive. We will not let this happen. They (BJP) are trying to divide the people. The situation cannot be tolerated. There will be a civil war, blood bath in the country."

Mamata said the entire move was made by the BJP-led central government for gaining votes.

"I don't want to see my motherland divided," she said.

However, the Congress, the principal opposition party of the country, said it does not approve Mamata's comment on the NRC.

The Congress said all political parties should react responsible to this sensitive issue.

The Assam Accord (1985) was signed between  the Government of India led by Rajiv Gandhi and the leaders of the Assam Movement in New Delhi on 15 August 1985 after a six-year agitation demanding identification and deportation of illegal immigrants  by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU).

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)