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Debjit Mukherjee, Kolkata: The Centre has received a proposal from the West Bengal government for renaming the state as ‘Bangla’ in all Bengali, Hindi as well as English, the home ministry told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Minister of State in MHA, Nityanand Rai in a written reply to the Lok Sabha has informed that MHA has given “No Objection Certificate (NOC)” to the proposals received during the last five years, for changing the name of cities across the country. “A proposal has been received from the Government of West Bengal for renaming the State as “Bangla in all three languages i.e. Bengali, English and Hindi,” he informed in the Parliament.
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) MP Saida Ahmad has asked a question on the details and the number of proposals received by the Ministry of Home Affairs for getting approval to change the cities name across the country, and whether the Government has revamped the guidelines for changing the names of the heritage places. Rai replied that MHA has no such guidelines for the change of names of heritage places.
