Ten personalities of West Bengal, including filmmaker Aparna Sen have written an open letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urging her to resolve the agitation of para-teachers in the state in a democratic manner.
The letter sent by 'Citizen Speak India' referred to an alleged police lathicharge on and the arrest of para-teachers during their hunger strike at Kalyani in Nadia district on August 17 to press for hike in their salaries.
West Bengal: Actors, activists write to CM Mamata Banerjee against police action, violence
The filmmaker and the actors were among the 49 who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 24 in which they had voiced their concerns over an alleged rise in incidents of mob lynching across the country triggering questions on their silence during incidents of violence in West Bengal.