Friday, November 29th, 2019
Mamata Banerjee’s land rights move for refugees is a political ploy, column argues
An opinion column has argued that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to give land rights to refugees is a political move meant to counter the BJP’s position on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), rather than a purely humanitarian step. What the state announced On Monday, Banerjee said her government would try to regularise all refugee settlements on plots of up to three acres, whether the land belonged to the state, the Centre or private owners. Residents of these colonies, whose occupationRead More