Cong bigwigs on 'satyagraha' against CAA, Jagan says won't implement NRC

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was criticised by several opposition leaders on claim at a public rally in the national capital on Sunday that his government never discussed a nationwide NRC

Stating that democracy in India is under threat from the BJP-led government at the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to chief ministers and senior leaders belonging to opposition parties urging them to unite and chalk out a plan to “save the country”.

Banerjee described the current situation arising out of protests in the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed NRC as “serious” and urged all the non- BJP parties to come together and rise against the “draconian regime” of the central government. Congress leader P Chidambaram also appealed to all opposition parties to unite,