Bengal CM pitches for 4 nationwide capitals

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday pitched for 4 nationwide capitals, together with Kolkata, on a rotation foundation and Parliament classes at “different places”.
“I believe that India must have four rotating capitals. Why should Delhi decide all things? We should have four different capitals at the four corners of the country. And Parliament sessions should be held in different places in the country,” Banerjee informed a gathering after a rally to rejoice the one hundred and twenty fifth start anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Kolkata.
To buttress her level, she stated Kolkata was the nationwide capital beneath the British rule and stated it needs to be declared the “National Capital of Bengal”.
Banerjee attacked the Central authorities for its delay in declaring January 23 a nationwide vacation and constructing a memorial for Netaji.
“I protest the Central government’s decision’s delay in declaring Netaji’s birth anniversarya national holiday. You are building new parliament and buying new planes, but why no memorial for Netaji?” the Chief Minister requested.
“You can name any port after Shyama Prasad Mukherjee… We have no objection. But I got (former prime minister) Rajiv Gandhi to name the Kolkata airport after Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose,” she stated. In January final yr, the Central authorities had renamed the Kolkata Port Trust after Mukherjee, the founding father of BJP’s predecessor Bharatiya Jan Sangh.

Banerjee additionally demanded that the Centre revive the Planning Commission, saying it was conceptualised by Netaji. The fee was changed by the NITI Aayog in 2015.
The rally led by Banerjee was kicked off from Shyambazar after blowing conch shells at 12.15 pm — the time when Netaji was born on at the present time in 1897. It concluded at Red Road the place she paid tribute to the liberty fighter by providing flowers at his statue.
She introduced that the Republic Day parade in Kolkata would even be devoted to Netaji. The state authorities additionally fashioned a committee for conducting a year-long celebration of Netaji’s start anniversary.
“Homage to Deshnayak Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birthday. He was a true leader & strongly believed in unity of all people. We are celebrating this day as #DeshNayakDibas. Government of West Bengal has also set up a committee to conduct year-long celebrations till January 23, 2022,” Banerjee tweeted.
She introduced {that a} monument and a college could be devoted to Netaji, one other monument at Rajarhat to the erstwhile Azad Hind Fauj.
“A monument, named after Azad Hind Fauj, will be built at Rajarhat. A university named after Netaji is also being set up which shall be funded entirely by the state, and will have tie-ups with foreign universities,” she tweeted.
To honour Netaji’s fashionable slogan “Jai Hind”, the state authorities has proposed to type a National Cadet Corps-like organisation in state-run colleges and faculties, and identify it “Jai Hind Bahini”.