In her remarks on Sunday, Banerjee also referred to the UN Resolution on refugees as justification for her stand over the possible humanitarian crisis that may emerge on account of the severe law and order breakdown that gripped Bangladesh.”I should not be speaking on the affairs of Bangladesh since that is a sovereign nation and whatever needs to be said on the issue is a subject matter of the Centre,” Banerjee said.”But I can tell you this, if helpless people come knocking on the doors of Bengal, we will surely provide them shelter,” she said at the ‘Martyrs Day’ rally of the Trinamool Congress.Bangladesh was reeling under deadly clashes with protesting students demanding the Sheikh Hasina-led government to scrap a controversial job quota system.Over 100 people were killed in the clashes that began weeks ago.Law enforcement authorities in Bangladesh had imposed a nationwide curfew.According to reports from Dhaka, the overall situation has witnessed some improvement in the country since Wednesday.
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