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Kolkata, Jan 17: Amid the controversy over Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s family being in “illegal” possession of land in Visva-Bharati campus, the central university on Saturday demanded that the West Bengal government measure the plot to resolve the issue.
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Vice-Chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakraborty is being subjected to criticism for going on a drive to recover illegally occupied land which rightfully belongs to the institute, Visva-Bharati Officiating Registrar Ashok Mahato said in a statement.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several prominent intellectuals of the state have expressed support to the economist on the row.
The statement said, “We demand the surveyor of the…
