Renowned theatre personality, Shaoli Mitra, wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressing her desire to resign from the post of chairperson of Paschimbanga (West Bengal) Bangla Academy, the official regulatory body of Bengali language in the state. Mitra, daughter of erstwhile renowned theatre personalities, Sombhu Mitra and Tripiti Mitra, was one of the intellectuals who stood by Mamata Banerjee since the Nandigram and Singur agitation during the Left Front regime. I am now wondering whether chief minister has at all received my letter,” Mitra said speaking with media persons on Sunday. Mitra was the leading face of the agitation against the alleged atrocities during Left Front regime and has sided with the then opposition leader Mamata Banerjee. She was also a face of ‘Poribartan’ campaign in 2011 which saw the end of Left Front’s 34-year-long rule in the state and Mamata Banerjee becoming the chief minister.

Source: Indian Express January 07, 2018 09:00 UTC