West Bengal News: CM Mamata Banerjee Slams BJP After Assam Tribunal Labels Cooch Behar Farmer As 'Foreigner' Despite Valid Documents

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the Foreigners' Tribunal in Assam served a notice to a farmer from Cooch Behar, stating that he is an illegal migrant.

I am shocked and deeply disturbed to learn that the Foreigners Tribunal in Assam has issued an NRC notice to Uttam Kumar Brajabasi, a Rajbanshi, resident of Dinhata in Cooch Behar for over 50 years. Despite furnishing valid identity documents, he is being harassed on suspicion of…

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) July 8, 2025

Taking to X, Mamata said, “I am shocked and deeply disturbed to learn that the Foreigners Tribunal in Assam has issued an NRC notice to Uttam Kumar Brajabasi, a Rajbanshi, resident of Dinhata in Cooch Behar for over 50 years. Despite furnishing valid identity documents, he is being harassed on suspicion of being a ‘foreigner/illegal migrant’. This is nothing short of a systematic assault on democracy. It is proof that the ruling BJP dispensation in Assam is attempting to implement NRC in Bengal, where it holds no power or jurisdiction.” (Sic)

Notably, such a notice comes while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) always complains that during Trinamool Congress (TMC) regime several ‘illegal’ people from Bangladesh enter India and become citizens of Bengal through forged documents.

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TMC minister Udayan Guha taking potshots at the BJP stated that the saffron camp doesn’t respect Rajbanshis. “BJP doesn’t have respect for anyone for which such a notice has been sent to a Rajbanshi,” added Guha. However, the farmer who has got the notice mentioned that he had never stepped out of Cooch Behar.