Mamata Banerjee backs Amartya Sen on Visva-Bharati land dispute, attacks BJP
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Mamata Banerjee backs Amartya Sen on Visva-Bharati land dispute, attacks BJP

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday backed Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, dismissing the Visva-Bharati University claim that he was an unauthorised occupant at its sprawling campus at Santiniketan in Birbhum district. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee meets with Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, in Birbhum district on Monday. No man in the garb of the Bharatiya Janata Party should insult Amartya Sen.” “We look at Visva-Bharati through the eyes of Tagore, not through a saffron lens,” said the chief minister. “Amartya Sen should now read out the oath of office to Mamata Banerjee and make her the prime minister.

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