No Need To Add 'West': Mamata Banerjee Wants Bengal To Be Renamed
NDTV
Highlighting the advantages the state will get if its name is changed to Bangla, which alphabetically comes much earlier than West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee said it will help the state's children when they go to competitions.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has once again asked the central government to change the name of her state to 'Bangla'. She pointed out that if Bombay's name is changed to Mumbai and Orissa's name is changed to Odisha, what is the fault with her state?
"We have earlier passed a Bill to change the name of our state in the Assembly. We have given them all sorts of clarifications. But for a long time, they have not changed the name of our state to Bangla," Mamata Banerjee said in a press conference in Kolkata.
The Chief Minister questioned that if Bombay's and Orissa's names could be changed, why not West Bengal.
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