Stating that democracy in India is under threat from the BJP-led government at the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, 23 December, wrote to chief ministers and senior leaders belonging to Opposition parties urging to 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.