File photo of Nobel laureate and economist Amartya Sen | Photo Credit: Sampath Kumar GP
amid allegations of “unauthorized possession” Against Nobel laureate Amartya Sen West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over the documents related to the land to him and said that no one can question him in future.
Ms. Banerjee, who reached Bolpur in the afternoon, met Mr. Sen at his residence and termed the allegations leveled against him as “baseless”.
The CM also announced that Nobel prize winner Z plus category security will be available in future
“Allegations of land grab against him (Amartya Sen) are baseless. It is an attempt to malign his reputation. No one has the right to insult him. We will not tolerate it,” Ms Banerjee said next to The Economist said Ms. Banerjee, sitting in the His.
“I respect Visva-Bharati, but condemn the attempts to saffronize the prestigious institution,” she said.
Visva-Bharati, in a letter last week, asked Sen to immediately hand over parts of the plot allegedly occupied by him in an “unauthorised manner” at Santiniketan.