West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has accused the central government of "stonewalling" her government's decision to rename West Bengal as Bangla. Banerjee on Wednesday said that while the BJP governments are changing names of historical places and institutions "unilaterally" to suit their vested interests, the renaming of West Bengal has been stalled by the Centre.
Writing a post on Facebook, Banerjee said, "Recently, I have been noticing that almost every day BJP has been changing the names of historical places and institutions unilaterally to suit their own political vested interestsBut, in respect of Bengal, the attitude is totally different."
She said the state assembly had passed a unanimous resolution to change the name from West Bengal to Bangla "on the basis of local sentiments" associated with Bangla.
"It was resolved that the name of the state be changed from West Bengal to Bengal in English, Bangla in Bengali and Bangal in Hindi and sent to the Union Home Ministry," she said.
