Mamata will now paint to protest against CAA and NRC

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will now take up the brush on January 28 to protest against the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed NRC, well known painter Shuvaprasanna who is organising it said on Friday.

The programme will take place at the Gandhi statue on Mayo Road, where Banerjee, a painter herself, will wield the brush along with several other renowned painters to depict the problems of the contentious CAA and NRC, he said.

The theme of the programme is 'No CAA-No NRC'. It has been planned by Banerjee, Shuvaprasanna said.

"Around 40 painters along with our chief minister will try to depict the protests across the country, the pain of the people who are in detention centres in Assam due to NRC. It will be a different form of protest," he told PTI.

According to TMC sources, the paintings will be exhibited in various galleries of the state and the country.

"These paintings will be a part of our awareness campaign against CAA and NRC across the country and state," a senior TMC leader said.

The issue of CAA has emerged as major political flash point in West Bengal with the TMC opposing the contentious legislation tooth and nail, and the BJP pressing for its implementation.

Banerjee, a staunch critic of BJP, has been at the forefront of anti-CAA protest as well as against the proposed National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register.

The TMC supremo had led 11 protest marches and seven rallies in various parts of the state against the CAA and the NRC.