"Now You Have Proof": Mamata Banerjee Gives Land Documents To Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen, the Nobel Prize recipient for which he has received multiple notices from the Visva Bharati University, was visited by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at his residence in Santiniketan. She gave him what she claimed to be documents proving his land ownership.

Mamata Banerjee was seen handing over the paperwork on Monday night while declaring that her government will consider taking legal action against the Visva Bharati University.

The renowned economist received a letter from the university accusing him of trespass on its premises on January 24. Similar warnings were also sent earlier.

"I came here to give these land records because I cannot take this insult to Amartya Sen anymore. I have had enough of this. What they are saying is completely wrong," Mamata Banerjee said.

The Chief Minister also ordered Z plus security for the 89-year-old Nobel laureate.

"Now they can't question you. It is proved that this is your land," she told Amartya Sen.

The university has claimed that the economist's father Ashutosh Sen was given a lease of 1.25 acres, but he had occupied 1.38 acres.

The Chancellor of Visva Bharati, a central university, is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Rabindranath Tagore university in Santiniketan has been "saffronized," according to Mamata Banerjee government, which accuses its vice chancellor, Bidyut Chakraborty, of carrying out the directives of the BJP-controlled government at the centre. The vice chancellor has also questioned Amartya Sen's Nobel Prize in comments.

The Chief Minister claims that Amartya Sen has been hounded by the institution due to their differing ideologies and the perception that his prior comments were critical of the BJP.

Dr Sen received the latest notice soon after he told news agency PTI in an interview that Mamata Banerjee had the makings of a prime minister, but it has not yet been established that she "can pull the forces of public dismay against the BJP in an integrated way to make it possible for her to have the leadership to put an end to the fractionalisation in India."

Visva Bharati sent two letters in three days last week, asking Dr Sen to immediately hand over the land he is "occupying in an unauthorised manner" at Santiniketan.

Thanking the Chief Minister, Dr Sen said, "She has come with the land records and researched the details. It was a pleasant surprise for me. But it is quite natural for a politician to delve into the details."

The economist said those trying to take away his home "because of ideological differences" would find another way to get back at him.

"I don't think it will end here. Those trying to take away my home because of ideological differences would find another way to get back at him. I was born and brought up in a secular atmosphere and believe in secularism. Those who indulge in communal politics don't like such views preaching secularism," he said, according to PTI.

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