‘Bangla-birodhis’: Mamata Banerjee reminds Middle of Bengal proposal after Kerala’s ‘Keralam’ nod | India Information
NEW DELHI: A political row erupted on Tuesday after the Centre authorized the Kerala authorities’s proposal to rename the state “Keralam,” with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee questioning why the same proposal for her state stays pending.Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union residence minister Amit Shah, Banerjee described them as “Bangla-birodhi” (anti-Bengal).“Smt. @MamataOfficial warmly congratulated the folks of Kerala on the Union Cupboard’s approval to rename their state ‘Keralam’. On the identical time, she reminded the Centre {that a} related proposal to rename West Bengal as ‘Bangla’ has been pending for years,” the Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) posted on X.“Each election season, @narendramodi and @AmitShah descend on Bengal, shedding crocodile tears and pretending to like our soil, our tradition, our folks. Spare us the drama. These Bangla-birodhis haven’t any respect for our heritage, no regard for our language, no honour for our icons, and 0 concern for our dignity,” the social gathering added, quoting Banerjee.The TMC additional mentioned that whereas it rejoices when any state “asserts its identification,” West Bengal wouldn’t settle for what it termed the BJP-led Centre’s “vindictive discrimination.”“Bengal’s professional demand can’t be denied purely as a result of we refuse to bow earlier than @BJP4India’s excessive command,” it said.The Banerjee-led authorities, in workplace since 2011, had handed a decision in July 2018 to rename West Bengal as “Bangla” and has reiterated the demand to the Centre on a number of events.The choice to clear Kerala’s title change comes forward of meeting elections within the state, anticipated in April. West Bengal, too, is poll-bound, and is more likely to head to the polls across the identical time.