INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said India should have four capitals on a rotation basis and sessions of
Parliament should be held in different locations in the country.She also slammed the Centre for its decision to observe January 23 as
'Parakram Diwas' to commemorate the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and said the Narendra Modi government did not consult
I think we must have four capitals on a rotation basis
Why does the country have only one capital? And the sessions of Parliament should be held in different places in the country
We will have to change our concept," she said while addressing a gathering here after participating in a grand procession to pay tribute to
Netaji's 125th birth anniversary.She also questioned why will the birth anniversary of Bose not be celebrated as 'Deshnayak Diwas'."What is
the meaning of 'Parakram'? They may dislike me politically but could have consulted with me
"Who has given the name 'Parakram'? But we are celebrating the day as 'Deshnayak Diwas' here because it has a history
Rabindranath Tagore had described Netaji as 'Deshnayak'
That is why we have today used the name to link the two legends of Bengal," she added.Before the commencement of the 7-km procession from
Syambazar area in the northern part of the city, Banerjee blew a conch shell and a siren was sounded at 12.15 pm, the time when Bose was
born on this day in 1897."We do not celebrate Netaji's birthday only in the years when elections are scheduled
change the country's national anthem - "Jana Gana Mana"."There is a game going on to change our national anthem
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had endorsed 'Jana Gana Mana' as the national anthem
We will not allow to change it," she said.Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore wrote "Jana Gana Mana" in 1911 in Bengali and it was adopted as
the national anthem in 1950
Commission, she said the Niti Aayog and the plan panel can co-exist."He (Netaji) had also spoken about the Planning Commission and several
I do not have any idea why the Planning Commission was abolished
Niti Aayog and the Planning Commission can co-exist
You will have to bring back the national Planning Commission," she added.
