The Assam government said today that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's opposition to the Supreme Court-monitored NRC in the north eastern state amounted to "contempt of court" and she is not above the apex court.
Banerjee's allegations against the National Register of Citizens, whose final draft was published on July 30, are "baseless", Assam government spokesman Chandra Mohan Patowary, who is also the state's parliamentary affairs minister, told newsmen here.
Asked if the Assam government will file a contempt of court case against Banerjee, Patowary said, "We will see at the appropriate time since she is speaking against the Supreme Court."
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