Assam out of bounds for Didi and her MPs

A Trinamool Congress delegation was stopped at an airport in Silchar in Assam, where they were planning to canvass among the residents on the new citizens' list. Women in the

The delegation, which included six Members of Parliament and two MLAs, were confined to a room at the airport on the ground that Section 144 was in force in the entire district.

The stand-off between the TMC delegation and the police led to a scuffle inside the airport and women in the team were seen running as they were chased and restrained by policewomen.

Visuals recorded on mobile phone show Mahua Moitra, an MP, trying to get away from the policewomen, who ran after her. Another woman lawmaker is being pushed.

Mamata Banerjee told her lawmakers to stay put at the airport and not go anywhere. "There is a super emergency in Assam. They don't want us to talk to people," said the West Bengal Chief Minister.The eight-member team of Trinamool lawmakers was to address public meetings in Silchar against the National Register of Citizens. Opposition parties have accused the BJP - which rules Assam - of using the register to target people for election reasons in the name of identifying illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.

The BJP, which rules Assam, has accused Banerjee of stoking embers which are dormant, and trying to incite unrest.