বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড)/৯৫
| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
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| উড়িষ্যার বাংলাদেশের শরনার্থীদের আশ্রয়দান প্রসঙ্গে রাজনৈতিক নেতৃবৃন্দের সাথে মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর আলোচনা | দৈনিক ‘হিন্দুস্তান স্ট্যাণ্ডার্ড’ | ১৭ জুলাই, ১৯৭১ |
CM INVITES LEADERS TO DISCUSS EVACUEE ISSUE
From Our Bhubaneswar Officer
JULY 16. -The deadlock over accommodation of the Bangladesh refugees in Mayrubhanj district of Orissa seems to be nearing its end as the Chief Minister Mr. Biswanath Das, as understood to have invited leaders of all political parties to a meeting on Monday to discuss the issue.
The Chief Minister is understood to have invited the party leaders after he received a letter from the Prime Minister, requesting him to reconsider the issue and allow Bangladesh refugees temporary rehabilitation in Mayrubhanj district.
It will be recalled that the state Government had rejected the Centre’s desire to settle about 50,000 refugees in the Gorumahisani area Mayrubhanj district because of some “special problems” of that area and had suggested some alternative sites.
One of the reasons given out by the Rehabilitation Minister, Mr. Brundaban Nayak, in the state Assembly was that none of the Union Minister had contacted the State Government leaders in this regard and no such decision should have been imposed without prior consultation.
According to some responsible source, the reason for the State’s rejection was that its vanity was pricked as the Government leaders were ignored by the Centre in this regard and everything had been done at the “officer’s level”.
A request from the Prime Minister herself having come now, it is likely that the State may reconsider the issue and allow Bangladesh refugees temporary settlement in Mayurbhanj district.