West Bengal can’t be Bangla, says Centre
Saibal Gupta | TNN | Nov 14, 2018, 06:46 ISTKOLKATA: The Centre has returned the state’s proposal to rename itself as ‘Bangla’ suggesting instead the name ‘Paschimbanga’, which is favoured by the state unit of BJP. The ministry of external affairs has objected to the name citing its similarity with Bangladesh.
The Mamata Banerjee government had proposed the renaming thrice — 2011, 2016 and 2018. The first proposal, ironically, to change the name to ‘Paschimbanga’ was turned down by the UPA-2 government. No reason was given for it, sources claimed. The 2016 proposal to name ‘Bengal’ in English, ‘Bangla’ in Bengali and ‘Bangal’ in Hindi was turned down by the NDA government.
“We haveconsistently demanded that West Bengal’s name, if changed at all, should only be Paschimbanga.,” state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said.
The Mamata Banerjee government had proposed the renaming thrice — 2011, 2016 and 2018. The first proposal, ironically, to change the name to ‘Paschimbanga’ was turned down by the UPA-2 government. No reason was given for it, sources claimed. The 2016 proposal to name ‘Bengal’ in English, ‘Bangla’ in Bengali and ‘Bangal’ in Hindi was turned down by the NDA government.
“We haveconsistently demanded that West Bengal’s name, if changed at all, should only be Paschimbanga.,” state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said.
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