West Bengal to be renamed as Paschim Banga, all party meet decides
August 19, 2011
Kolkata, 19 August, 2011
West Bengal will be renamed as Paschim Banga as per the decision taken in all party meeting today.
The committee comprising parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee and opposition leader Surjya Kanta Mishra proposed the four shortlisted new names – Bangla, Paschim Banga, Banga Pradesh and Bangabhumi for West Bengal at an all-party meeting.
The problem that the letter W in West Bengal comes last on a list( in all India meetings of states) prepared alphabetically, can be solved with Paschim Banga as the new name, which also mirrors its history.
The state BJP did not participate in meeting(because not invited), but decided not to object to the name Pachimbanga.
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