(38.55) Hasina-Mamta in Kolkata's Taj Hotel
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met in the Taj Hotel in Kolkata. Two leaders met there on Saturday evening.
Earlier, on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On Saturday, Kazi Nazrul joined the convocation of University of Asansol in Burdwan, West Bengal, and received Doctor of Literature (D-LIT) degree.
In the speech given by Nazrul University, the Prime Minister said, 'The country has been divided. But Nazrul-Rabindranath did not share, they all of us The poet has dedicated himself to the welfare of the people. Jailed for the sake of writing. I too have struggled to earn our rights, made liberation war, had to sacrifice a lot. In every case he was in our consciousness. Our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman too had to overcome many adversity. He spent many of his life in prison. There was a similarity between poet Nazrul and Bangabandhu. '