AT HALDIBARI
Our Staff Correspondent at Haldibari adds; referring to repeated Pakistani intrusions into Indian territory, the Prime Minister said people living near the border “will have to face some risks.” She said those living close to the border literately reducing the population of East Bengal by expelling the people who had voted for Mr. Mujibur Rahman in the last election.
The local units of the SUC and the Forward Bloc and another organisation submitted memoranda to Mrs. Gandhi demanding immediate recognition for Bangladesh.
SUC supporters also staged demonstrations near the helipad and the PWD Bungalow where she met the party representatives.
UNI adds: Mrs. Gandhi invited two West Bengal Ministers to New Delhi to discuss relief measures. She sounded the State health Minister, Mr. Jainal Abedin and the PWD Minister, Mr. Santosh Roy, about such a discussion. They are expected to leave for New Delhi on Thursday.
