Didi to Centre: Seek UN role for peace in Bangla

'Want harmony, cordial relations'

- SULAGNA SENGUPTA @Kolkata

WEST Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the Centre to move the United Nations to seek deployment of peacekeeping forces in Bangladesh where minorities have come under attack.

She also sought PM Narendra Modi's intervention in bringing back persecuted Indians from the neighbouring country.

Addressing the assembly, Banerjee condemned the attack on Hindus in Bangladesh and called for stricter measures.

She demanded that the external affairs minister appraise Parliament on India's stand on the current situation in Bangladesh.

"The statement from the EAM should come during the ongoing winter session, if PM Modi is unavailable to do the job himself," the CM said.

"We condemn atrocities of any kind, irrespective of caste, creed, or religion," she said.

Stating that there was an urgent need to rescue persecuted Indians and rehabilitate them on this side of the border, the CM said, "If required we can rehabilitate the Indians attacked in Bangladesh. We have no problem sharing our 'one roti' with them if the need arises. There will be no shortage of food for them."

Banerjee said she wished that harmony, fraternal ties and cordial relationship remain between all communities living in Bangladesh and elsewhere.