Kolkata:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that deactivating Aadhaar cards is a political game and said her government has stopped that “conspiracy” of the Central government.
Addressing a program organized on the occasion of International Mother Language Day in Kolkata, he claimed that the Aadhaar cards of people of Matua community have been deactivated.
Ms Banerjee said, “Deactivating the Aadhaar card was a political game, a vote bank game. We have stopped the conspiracy behind deactivating the Aadhaar card.”
Earlier this week, he announced plans to provide alternative identification cards to those affected.
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