West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said Saturday her party would oppose the citizenship bill and demanded that the Centre withdraw the contentious legislation.
Banerjee called Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "grandfather of corruption" and alleged that he was a "demon" gulping everything in the country, starting from judiciary, media and even democracy.
"The Centre will have to withdraw the citizenship bill. There is no question of supporting it. We will oppose it. We will not let him (Modi) succeed," she said.
The chief minister dared Modi to put her behind the bars. "What will he (Modi) do because I am saying this? Will he get me murdered? Or will he threat me using the agencies? I am ready to be in jail but will not bow my head. I have always held my head high."
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