The BJP and West Bengal Day

June 24, 2021 12:52

JP Nadda pays homage to Shyama Prasad Mookerjee

For the past decade or so, maybe longer, a small group of people attached to the ideological ecosystem of the Bharatiya Janata Party have attempted to popularize the commemoration of June 20 as West Bengal Day (Pashchim Bongo Dibas).

This year -- and despite the inability to secure political power in the state -- they managed a significant breakthrough.

Having secured recognition as the official Opposition in the assembly, they observed West Bengal Day at the gates of the assembly in the presence of MLAs and the leader of Opposition.

There, the demand was made to have West Bengal Day put on the official calendar. Additionally, it was suggested that the names of all those MLAs who had voted for the creation of West Bengal in 1947 be inscribed on a tablet on the assembly premises

Read Swapan Dasgupta's column for the Telegraph here.

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