KOLKATA: West Bengal assembly Monday unanimously handed a decision towards requires division of the state, with the home witnessing a uncommon present of TMC-BJP bonhomie after CM Mamata Banerjee agreed to opposition politician Suvendu Adhikari’s suggestion to rephrase the proposal to 1 searching for “growth of an undivided West Bengal“,. Monday, in actual fact, was a day of many firsts: BJP legislators lent their voice to the state anthem, ‘Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol’; and Mamata referred to Adhikari by his first identify for the primary time since his defection in 2020.
The day started with acrimony as standard, after parliamentary affairs minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay tabled the decision towards any transfer to divide Bengal.The decision got here within the backdrop of a number of BJP politicians – junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar, MP Nishikant Dubey and MLA Gouri Shankar Ghosh – searching for particular packages and UT or statehood standing for a number of north Bengal districts, citing points starting from lack of funding to altering spiritual demography.
Adhikari criticised the proposal, terming it “political” and “a celebration leaflet”. He identified that Majumdar’s proposal to the PM didn’t point out the division of Bengal in any respect. He requested state govt to change the phrasing and “deliver a proposal centered on the event of an undivided West Bengal”. Selecting up the cue, Mamata instructed Chattopadhyay to include Adhikari’s suggestion. The modified proposal was handed with help from each Trinamool and BJP legislators, with TMC MLAs chanting “Pleasure Bangla”, and people from BJP responding with “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”.
The uncommon present of unity culminated in BJP legislators becoming a member of Trinamool lawmakers in singing the state anthem. Earlier than Monday, BJP by no means recognised the anthem.
