Chakma Leader from Chittagong Hill Tracts on India visit
1 year, 7 months ago

Chakma Leader from Chittagong Hill Tracts on India visit

The Hindu  

May 08, 2023 01:09 am | Updated 02:38 am IST - Kolkata An important leader of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh has arrived in India, a source has confirmed to The Hindu. The Chittagong Hill Tracts located in the southeastern part of Bengaldesh forms a large part of the Chittagong region bordering Myanmar and India and shares many ethnic groups. The visit of Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma acquires significance in the larger context of various ethnic movements in northeastern part of India as well as for the Rohingya crisis. Mr Larma’s reference to expulsion from homeland is pertinent especially as the Bangladesh government has been settling some of the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into the Bandarban area of CHT.

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