NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday demanded renaming of West Bengal as ‘Bangla’, saying this carries the signature of the state’s history and culture.
Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention in the Rajya Sabha, party MP Ritabrata Banerjee said the West Bengal Assembly had in July 2018 unanimously passed a resolution for renaming the state but the Centre has not yet agreed to it.
He said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the “re-christening will be in consonance with the history, culture, and identity of our state and will reflect the aspirations of our people”. PTI
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