Anti-CAA resolution not passed; Cong, CPI(M) dub TMC 'B' team

Terming the ruling Trinamool Congress as the 'B' team of the BJP, opposition Congress and CPI(M) on Thursday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of deliberately preventing the passage of an anti-CAA resolution in the assembly.

The demand by two opposition parties for a resolution against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was turned down by the ruling party in an "arbitrary manner", Congress leader Abdul Mannan told a press meet after the one-day assembly session.

"If the TMC is serious about opposing the CAA and NRC, what prevented them from passing the resolution? It shows they have become the B team of the BJP," he said.

The leader of the opposition in the Assembly said the Congress and CPI(M) had followed all parliamentary norms to move the resolution against the CAA and held talks with Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay.

"But today they said it cannot be taken up as the CM had already discussed the matter in September last year in the Assembly. Was the CAA ...