Siliguri, Dec. 30 -- Hotel owners from West Bengal's Siliguri have announced an extension of the boycott on Bangladeshi nationals in their establishments for the New Year, citing recent anti-India campaigns from across the border.

Following the recent anti-India campaigns, the owners decided not to allow Bangladeshi nationals. Posters reflecting the ban have been put up in hotels across the city.

Ujjwal Ghosh, Joint Secretary of Greater Siliguri Hotel Welfare Association, said, "No Bangladeshi Nationals are being allowed to stay in any hotel this time. Even Bangladeshis coming on student visas and for medical treatment are not being given hotels."

Ghosh further added, "The anti-India statements being made by Bangladesh must be restrain...