The BJP on Tuesday criticised the West Bengal government's decision to rename West Bengal, alleging the TMC wants to wipe out the history of painful Partition that the country had witnessed in 1947. A decision has been taken to rename West Bengal to Bengal and the Bengali name will be Banga or Bangla. They are trying to wipe out the painful history of Partition," BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said. Ghosh thinks that a state government takes decision on the basis of the demand of the masses. "The state government takes decision on the basis of demand of the masses.

Source: dna August 02, 2016 17:15 UTC