Sribhumi, Nov. 4 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sushmita Dev launched a blistering attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Assam, alleging that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) proposed by the Centre is "nothing but another form of the NRC" and claiming that the BJP is avoiding its implementation in the state "out of fear of being exposed."

Speaking to ANI on Monday, Dev said, "SIR is a kind of NRC that the entire opposition party. Tejashwi Yadav, Mamata Didi, Kharge ji...is talking about. Why didn't it happen in Assam? This is the biggest proof that this is an NRC. In Assam, from 2013 to 2019, more than 3 crore people showed their papers. If there is an SIR in Assam, then the BJP will have to answer what happened to...