Make North Bengal Half Of Northeast: Bengal BJP Chiefs Proposal For PM Modi Kicks Up Political Storm

President of the BJP in West Bengal and a Member of Parliament, Sukanta Majumdar, kicked up a political storm after he proposed the division of West Bengal and incorporating the area of North Bengal with the Northeast. Majumdar’s statements have sparked outrage in a number of quarters with leaders from Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress slamming Majumdar and the BJP who they claimed are “anti-Bengal”.z 

‘North Bengal Will Profit If It Turns into Half Of Northeast’

Sukant Majumdar, who can be Union Minister of State for Training, mentioned in a video assertion that in Delhi, he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and submitted a proposal to incorporate North Bengal in North East India. He shared, “I met the PM right now and submitted the proposal to incorporate North Bengal in North East India. Now the PM has to take the choice on this. But when North Bengal is included in North East India, the area will profit from the central authorities schemes.”

The BJP chief additional mentioned that such a transfer will guarantee higher growth for the area and he was certain that the state authorities will not have an objection.

BJP Is Anti-Bengal: TMC Leaders

The TMC has reacted sharply to the assertion.  TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh mentioned, “Sukanta Majumdar had a gathering with PM Modi. Nonetheless, he’s speaking about North Bengal’s growth, the North East Council, and so forth., attempting to confuse folks and divert the difficulty. Basically, Sukant Majumdar and his associates are fully anti-Bengal. Bengal has been disadvantaged by the BJP, provoked by Sukanta Majumdar and his group. They don’t have anything to do with growth.”

In the meantime, TMC spokesperson Riju Dutta posted on X: “Anti-Bengal, Anti-Bengali. BJP is as much as there previous tips once more… Let me be very clear to the descendants of Radcliffe. Bengal has been partitioned earlier than inflicting super agony to thousands and thousands, who misplaced every part…We won’t let that occur once more. We are going to struggle to the final drop of our blood to guard the sovereignty, integrity and boundary of Bengal! Bengal won’t ever be divided once more.”

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Which Elements Represent North Bengal?

The districts north of the Ganges – Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Malda, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, Alipurduar and Kalimpong – are sometimes collectively known as North Bengal.