Mamata Banerjee calls the accusations against Amartya Sen of stealing Visva-Bharati land "baseless" and gives him the land documents

Amartya Sen, the recipient of the Nobel Prize, has been accused of "unauthorized occupancy" by Visva-Bharati. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee handed over land-related paperwork to Sen on Monday, saying that "no one can challenge him" going forward.

Amartya Sen and Banerjee met today, and she delivered him land paperwork at his Shantiniketan home. Sen was just informed by Viswa Bharathi that he is occupying some university decibel land. Sen is not a Nobel laureate, the VC further said. Sen was visited by the minister today, who refuted the assertion that he was residing on Viswa Bharathi property. She gave him the papers and informed him that the VC had slandered the Nobel winner.

The charges leveled against Banerjee were described as "baseless" by him. She also said that going forward, the Nobel winner will have "Z+ category" protection. Amartya Sen has been accused of land grabbing, although these accusations are unfounded. It represents an effort to harm his reputation. He has no right to be insulted by anybody. The economist sat next to her as Banerjee said, "We won't allow it.

She said, "I appreciate Visva-Bharati, but I denounce the efforts being done to saffronise the revered institution.

In a letter sent last week, Visva-Bharati demanded that Sen quickly turn up a portion of a plot in Santiniketan that he was reportedly using "unauthorizedly."

An earlier group of Visva Bharati University students claimed they had shut down the school by force in order to have the suspension orders against seven students overturned. Additionally, the students urged that the dismissal of senior faculty member and economics professor Sudipta Bhattacharya be overturned.

Somnath Sow, the leader of Visva Bharati SFI, spoke on behalf of the protesting students, claiming that the university had been closed as a result of the agitation on Monday and that they would continue to demonstrate until Prof. Bhattacharya's dismissal and the "undemocratic act of suspending classmates" were reversed.