The ground was decorated with symbols deeply associated with the state, ranging from Kolkata’s yellow taxis, hand-pulled rickshaws to images of Dakshineswar Temple and Belur Math.
PM Modi said that Syama Prasad Mookerjee emerged as the key figure who resisted such efforts and launched a movement for a separate homeland for Bengali Hindus within India.
The bifurcation of Bengal and the subsequent creation of West Bengal owes its origin to the leadership of Shyama Prasad Mookherjee who championed the idea of a ‘Hindu homeland’ within the Indian union.
The date holds historical significance as it was on June 20, 1947, that the Bengal Provincial Legislative Assembly passed the resolution for West Bengal to remain a part of India.
The restrictions will not be applicable for vehicles carrying LPG Cylinders, CNG, petroleum, oil, lubricants and oxygen, vegetable, medicine, fruits, fish and milk.
CPI-M leaders on Friday criticised the West Bengal government over its inability to implement the Supreme Court order mandating the payment of 25 per cent of the DA arrears from 2008 to 2019 by March 31.
Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday met the newly appointed and 22nd Governor, R.N. Ravi, and urged him to take action against Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and acting Director General of Police Peeyush Pandey over the alleged breach of protocol during the recent visit of President Droupadi Murmu to the state.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice and sought responses from Mahua Moitra, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and BJP leader Nishikant Dubey, who had first raised allegations that Moitra allegedly accepted benefits in exchange for raising questions in Parliament.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) sought to present the 'report card' on the development of the indigenous people of Bengal to President Droupadi Murmu.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday moved an impeachment motionagainst Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar in both Housesof Parliament, accusing him of acting in favour of the rulingBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on multiple occasions.
