The Bangladesh government officially registered its protest over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s recent statement onoffering shelter to Bangladeshis.
The neighbouring country has sent an official note to New Delhi regarding the matter.
“With due respect to the West Bengal Chief Minister, with whom we share a very close relationship, we want to make it clear that her comments have a lot of scope for confusion. Therefore, we have given a note to the Government of India,” Hasan Mahmud, Bangladesh Foreign Minister, said.
From the Martyr’s Day rally, Mamata Banerjee stated that the state would keep its doors open for “people in distress” from the neighbouring country and offer them shelter.
Also noting that commenting on foreign issues is a subject of the Centre, she said at a rally, “if helpless people come knocking on the doors of West Bengal, we will surely provide them shelter”.
Banerjee referred to the United Nations resolution on refugees as justification for her stand.
“That’s because there is a United Nations resolution to accommodate refugees in regions adjacent to those in turmoil,” the Chief Minister added.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Governor, CV Ananda Bose, has sought a report from Banerjee on her comment. The Raj Bhavan said that it is the Centre’s prerogative to handle anything that is part of external affairs.
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