The Bengal CM’s overseas trip aims to give a fillip to the state’s MSME sector and boost job creation. Anticipating early Lok Sabha polls, Banerjee is focussed on the optics, firing up Bengali sentiments on the political front and projecting earnestness in welcoming foreign investment on the economic front
The West Bengal assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to observe Polia Baisakh - Bengali New Year Day - as the state day as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that the day will be observed regardless of the approval of the state's
"I support the proposal of making Rabindranath Tagore s Banglar Mati Banglar Jol the official song of Bengal. People of Bengal don t support June 20, which is synonymous with violence and bloodshed which marked partition as the state foundation day," Banerjee said while speaking on the resolution.
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