Latif refused to stay in US, prefers ‘a Bengali environ’
bdnews24.com :
Abdul Latif Siddiqui wants to stay either in Kolkata or in Shantiniketan to pursue research and study, not in New Delhi.
He told senior journalist Sukharanjan Dasgupta, recipient of the Swadhinata Padak, on Sunday he would prefer staying in a ‘Bengali environment’ if he could not return to Bangladesh.
“I can go back because though I have lost everything, my parliament seat is intact and the Election Commission has not nullified it,” Dasgupta quoted Siddique as saying.
The former telecoms minister said he was not
interested in staying out of the country for ‘too long’.
Dasgupta said it appeared he had been offered a stay in Delhi but the former telecom minister preferred Kolkata or Shantiniketan.
“Ektu porashona korte chai (I would like to study a bit),” is what he told old friend Dasgupta.
Abdul Latif Siddiqui wants to stay either in Kolkata or in Shantiniketan to pursue research and study, not in New Delhi.
He told senior journalist Sukharanjan Dasgupta, recipient of the Swadhinata Padak, on Sunday he would prefer staying in a ‘Bengali environment’ if he could not return to Bangladesh.
“I can go back because though I have lost everything, my parliament seat is intact and the Election Commission has not nullified it,” Dasgupta quoted Siddique as saying.
The former telecoms minister said he was not
interested in staying out of the country for ‘too long’.
Dasgupta said it appeared he had been offered a stay in Delhi but the former telecom minister preferred Kolkata or Shantiniketan.
“Ektu porashona korte chai (I would like to study a bit),” is what he told old friend Dasgupta.
