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BJP govt in state to bring bill to rename West Bengal as Paschim Banga: BJP state president

Kolkata, Oct 5 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal will bring a Bill in the first session of the state Assembly to rename the state Paschim Banga, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Monday, rejecting the earlier proposal to call it "Bangla" and asserting that the new name must reflect the state's history and identity.
"We will bring a Bill in the very first session so that the name of the state remains connected with its history and retains its identity. The name of the state will be Paschim Banga," Bhattacharya said at a press conference at the BJP's Salt Lake office.
He said the BJP would not accept either "West Bengal" or "Bangla" as the state's name, arguing that the existing nomenclature was rooted in the history of Partition and that the state's present identity had to be recognised.
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