Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday (August 7, 2025) criticised his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee for “trying to scare the Bengali people by dangling the sword of the National Register of Citizens (NRC)” ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.
Assembly elections in Assam and West Bengal are due early next year.
Mr. Sarma said Ms. Banerjee’s concerns over the NRC were unfounded.
“She suddenly says she is not going to obey the NRC. Who has asked her to obey the NRC? Where is the NRC? Nobody has ordered the NRC,” he told journalists in Guwahati on Thursday (August 7, 2025) night.
“She is instilling fear in the minds of Bengali people to get their votes. In the last five years, she has not discussed the NRC. Now, she is talking about all these things as the elections are approaching,” he said.
