The Centre has asked Visva Bharati University to replace the controversial plaques commemorating UNESCO's award of World Heritage Site to Santiniketan, a varsity source said on Thursday. UNESCO Plaques at Visva Bharti University: Centre Tells Varsity To Remove Controversial Tag Plaques After Row Erupts.
On October 26, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked Visva Bharati to immediately change the plaques or face indefinite protests by her party activists on the campus
The Centre has asked Visva Bharati University to replace the controversial plaques commemorating UNESCO's award of World Heritage Site to Santiniketan, a varsity source said on Thursday.
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Last month, three plaques commemorating UNESCO's honour were installed at different places on the campus of Visva-Bharati with names of then vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the chancellor of the central university, inscribed on them.