West Bengal to be christened Paschim Bongo: Minister

Kolkata: The West Bengal government and the opposition parties Friday unanimously decided to rename the state Paschim Bongo, state Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee announced.

“It has been unanimously decided by all the parties under the leadership of our Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that from now onwards West Bengal will be called Paschim Bongo. From now onwards, in English also, the name of our state will be written as Paschim Bongo,” Chatterjee said while addressing a media conference here.

“We have agreed with the state government regarding the renaming of West Bengal into Paschim Bongo,” opposition leader Surya Kanta Mishra of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPi-M) said after the meeting.

“While considering the name, we considered all the aspects including administrative, historical and social aspects,” said Chatterjee.