Bengal has now broken free from its shackles, and the return of Bengal’s glory has begun: Modi
Kolkata: Bengal has now broken free from its shackles, and the return of Bengal’s glory has begun, said PM Modi. He participated in the West Bengal formation day “Paschimbanga Divas” on Sunday at Kolkata. In a two-day visit to Bengal, the Modi landed at Kolkata airport this afternoon and left for the venue at Tarakeswar by a chopper.
Modi in his address on the occasion of formation day he claimed that there had been a conspiracy to merge Bengal with Pakistan but Shyama Prasad Mukhopadhyay protested against the sinister move.
Bengal had broken free from its shackles and embarked on a new journey of development, asserting that the change brought about by a single electoral verdict was visible across the State, he said. A new freshness is being felt in the air after the change in power. It feels as if Bengal has now broken free from its shackles, and the return of Bengal’s glory has begun, he added. It is clearly visible in Bengal how your one vote can bring about a change.
He also remembered the contribution of Shyama Prasad Mukhopadhyay behind the present day West Bengal being a part of India. Once upon a time, there had been a larger conspiracy to make Bengal a part of East Pakistan. Congress had also given up the fight against the conspiracy but it was Shyama Prasad Mukhopadhyay who led the protest against the attempt.
He alleged on Congress, Left and TMC Government made West Bengal a heaven for illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators because of their appeasement politics.
Shyama Prasad had held a Hindu Mahasabha convention in 1947 in Tarakeswar, where a resolution passed on 20 June to ensure that present-day West Bengal remained a part of India rather than becoming part of East Pakistan in 1947. To mark the day the State Government has decided to observe the state foundation day Paschimbanga Divas on 20 June every year. The Governor R N Ravi and CM Suvendu Adhikari attended the programme today.
Shyama Prasad, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the ideological predecessor of the BJP, had organized a four-day convention at Tarakeshwar in Hooghly from 4th to 7th April in 1947. The decision was taken to ensure that West Bengal remained within India and that the Hindu-majority areas of undivided Bengal did not become part of East Pakistan.
Later, on 20 June, 1947 the resolution supporting the partition of Bengal and the inclusion of West Bengal in India was passed in the Bengal Legislative Assembly, where Shyama Prasad was the sole Hindu Mahasabha MLA.