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Anandabazar eats its editorial

By Staff Correspondent
The Editor of Calcutta daily 'Anandabazar Patrika' has regretted the publication of an editorial comment on March 2 asking the people of Bangladesh to raise demands for a merger with India.
According to reports received in Dhaka on Tuesday the Editor of the paper has also promised to refrain from allowing the publication of such malicious articles In future.
The March 2 editorial says that Begum Khaleda Zia and
her Bangladesh Nationalist Parly have won the parliamentary elections by launching a tirade against India as an election tactic. 'But the so-called Bangladeshi sentiment," which has contributed to her success in the elections would be of little help in running the country because, according to the paper, it has little practical value.
Referring to Bangladesh's economic problems, the paper said neither religious sentiment, nor the talk of nationalism would be of much help because the country's wealth is not increasing keeping pace with its population growth. The paper said there is also no such prospect.
The editorial continued. The people of Bangladesh should raise demand for merging with India if they are prepared to accept this reality-.
It said "people from both sides of the border may be afraid of this call. West Bengal may be reluctant to go for unification simply on grounds of common language. Even Delhi will be afraid of this because of the manifold problems facing Bangladesh.
India s resources are also limited even though it 1s geographically large It's upto the people of Bangladesh to deckle whether they will be driven by eipolion or by practical knowledge', the
editorial said.
Foltowing the publication of the editorial the Bangladesh Mission in Calcutta was asked to take up the matter with the Editor of the paper.'
Meanwhile, a section of the press in Calcutta has started propaganda that workers of Bangladesh Nationalist Party arc ransacking houses of people of minority communities for not having voted for them.
The statesman, and the Bartaman' of Calcutta published such baseless news items on Monday, according to reports.
The canard by the Indian press has created serious resentment among the people of Bangladesh, leaders of different political parties and socio-cultural organisations have condemned the vicious propaganda against Bangladesh. They described this as an assault on Bangladesh's independence and sovereignty