Lucknow, July 21 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, during a high-level meeting on Monday, issued instructions to grant legal land ownership rights to families displaced from former East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and resettled in various districts of the State.

The Chief Minister said this is not merely a matter of land transfer, but an opportunity to honour the life struggles of thousands of families who took refuge in India across the national border and have been awaiting rehabilitation for decades. He urged officials to treat these families with empathy and respect, emphasising that it is the moral responsibility of the administration.

Officials informed CM Yogi that in the aftermath of Partition, between 1960 and 1975...