Visva-Bharati VC's letter to Mamata Banerjee stokes fresh row

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on October 29, 2023
Visva-Bharati's Vice-Chancellor, Bidyut Chakrabarty, faced criticism and was likened to a "Class IV standard BJP cadre" by the Trinamool Congress after he sent a four-page letter to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, requesting the return of a road through the campus. The dispute is rooted in a long-standing land issue with Nobel...

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Mamata Banerjee

Chief Minister of West Bengal, India since 2011
​​The CM's comments were in reference to a purported video where a local BJP leader allegedly claimed that over 70 women were paid Rs 2,000 each to..
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Trinamool Congress

Political party in India
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West Bengal

State in Eastern India

Bharatiya Janata Party

Indian political party
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