Mamata to meet Shah; BJP says she's making 'futile attempts' to save scam-tainted TMC leaders
Ahead of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's slated meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Bhubaneswar on Friday at the Eastern Zonal Council (EZC) meet, the BJP Thursday said she was making "futile attempts" to save TMC leaders involved in scams.
The Trinamool Congress leadership was quick to return fire saying Banerjee attending the meeting was an attempt to maintain a working relationship with the Centre.
Banerjee, who has been a bitter critic of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Population Register (NPR) and any nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC), would meet Shah during the EZC on Friday for the first time after the enactment of the amended citizenship law in December.
She had not attended meetings of the Niti Aayog and several others convened by the BJP-led government at the Centre. Her decision now to take part in the EZC meeting to be chaired by Shah has raised eyebrows in the political circles here.
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