Kolkata, Dec 8 – West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sent a cautious word to the Border Security Force, urging them not to go beyond their limits in districts such as Cooch Behar, which shares an international boundary with Bangladesh.
She also told the state police to step up their vigilance in the border areas.
During an administrative review meeting in Cooch Behar town, she said,
“Cooch Behar is a Bangladesh‑bordering district. The police administration will have to be more careful about maintaining the law & order situation there. No unnecessary interference from anyone in the matter will be tolerated,”
She added that the local police should be wary of any National Register of Citizens (NRC) notices that might be directed at members of the Koch‑Rajbanshi community by tribunals in Assam.
“The Assam Government has no authority to slap such notices on citizens of West Bengal. The Cooch Behar district police should be alert so that when police forces from other states come here and arrest our citizens from here. Ensure that the police forces coming from the other states to arrest any criminal inform the state police in advance. We will not surely allow shelters to criminals. But at the same time, we will not allow common and innocent people to be treated as criminals,” the Chief Minister said.
Mamta Banerjee also highlighted that what she calls “deliberate anti‑state propaganda” is being spread about Waqf property registrations in the state on the national portal.
“It was not us but the BJP‑ruled Union Government which had promulgated the new Waqf Act. We have passed a motion in the assembly against it. We have also moved the Supreme Court against that Act. The case is on,” she added.
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