West Bengal will shelter helpless Bangladeshis if they come to us: Mamata Banerjee
The chief minister also appealed to residents of her state not to get provoked over matters relating to the unrest in the neighbouring country.
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In the wake of widespread unrest in Bangladesh, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that West Bengal will keep its doors open and offer shelter to persons in distress from the neighbouring country, PTI reported.
“I should not be speaking on the affairs of Bangladesh since that is a sovereign nation and whatever needs to be said on the issue is a subject matter of the Centre,” Banerjee said at Trinamool Congress’ Martyr’s Day rally in Kolkata. “But I can tell you this, if helpless people come knocking on the doors of Bengal, we will surely provide them shelter.”
Banerjee cited a United Nations resolution on refugees to justify her stand amid a possible humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh. “That’s because there is a United Nations resolution to accommodate refugees in regions adjacent to those under turmoil,” PTI quoted Banerjee as saying.
In 2018, the Bangladesh government had scrapped the quota system for government jobs. However, a lower court reinstated it in June. The ruling had significantly increased reserved government jobs, triggering deadly student-led protests across the country.
Last week, the stir snowballed into one of the largest agitations against the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led government, which has been in power uninterrupted since 2009.
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