Mamata meets Modi, asks him to rethink CAA

January 11, 2020 17:22

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday after arriving in Kolkata on a two day-visit. The meeting at the Raj Bhavan came amid a bitter face-off between the PM Modi's BJP and Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act that has triggered massive protests across India.

"It was a courtesy call since he has come to Bengal. I told the prime minister that people of the state are not accepting the National Population Register, National Register of Citizens and CAA. I asked him to rethink these steps," Banerjee said.

The CM said PM Modi requested her to come for a meeting in Delhi on the issues since he had come to Bengal for other programmes.

PM Modi, who will be in Kolkata on Saturday and Sunday, is scheduled to attend the function marking the 150th anniversary of Kolkata Port Trust on Sunday and other programmes.

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