Mamata Banerjee.
Mamata Banerjee, Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee offered shelter to people stranded in distress in Bangladesh, central government sources said the state administration has no right to interfere in the issue. Sources said these matters are looked into by the central government and the comments are completely inappropriate. In her address at a public event in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee, referring to violence-hit Bangladesh, said she would keep West Bengal’s doors open for people stranded in distress from the neighbouring country and provide them shelter.
A central government source said, these are matters which the central government looks into. The source said, the state government has no authority on this issue and hence their comments are completely wrong. On the other hand, Mamata Banerjee had mentioned the United Nations resolution on refugees in support of her statement. Let us tell you, the law and order situation in Bangladesh has deteriorated in the last few days and due to this there is a possibility of a humanitarian crisis there.
What did Mamata Banerjee say?
Mamata Banerjee said, I should not speak on the affairs of Bangladesh, because it is a sovereign nation and whatever should be said on this issue is a matter of the Center. But I can tell you this that if helpless people knock on the door of Bengal, we will definitely give them shelter, Banerjee said at the Trinamool Congress’s ‘Shaheed Diwas’ rally.
Violent protests have been going on in Bangladesh for many days
Protests have been going on for several days in Bangladesh demanding reform of the reservation system in government jobs and a nationwide curfew was imposed on Saturday as the situation worsened. Military forces patrolled various parts of the national capital Dhaka. The protesters are demanding the abolition of the system of providing up to 30 percent reservation in government jobs to relatives of former soldiers who fought in Bangladesh’s Liberation War.