Celebrities Write Open Letter to Visva Bharati on Amartya Sen Eviction Notice

New Delhi: Over 120 celebrities have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also the chancellor of Visva Bharati on the eviction notice issued to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.

The letter accuses Visva Bharati of harassment and humiliation of Amartya Sen over a land dispute.

Recently, the Visva Bharati University asked the renowned economist to vacate the 13 decimals of land on campus in Santiniketan. The VisvaBharati has alleged that Amartya Sen had allegedly occupied in an unauthorized manner by May 6.

The celebrities include former chief economist of World Bank Kaushik Basu, actor Sabyasachi Chakraborty, writer Bhagirath Misra, educationist Pabitra Sarkar, theatre critic Samik Bandyopadhyay, director Anik Dutta, and actor Kamaleshwar Mukhopadhyay, among others.

The well-known personalities have questioned the prime minister’s silence on the issue and accused the Visva Bharati administration of defying a court order by accusing Sen of illegal occupation of leased land.