Mamata pitches into ‘India vs Bharat’ row, claims it is blatant attempt to distort history
The Hindu
Reacting to the controversy over a G-20 dinner invite in the name of ‘President of Bharat’, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday questioned the need to “suddenly use only Bharat” while referring to India in official communiques.
Reacting to the controversy over a G-20 dinner invite in the name of ‘President of Bharat’, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday questioned the need to “suddenly use only Bharat” while referring to India in official communiques.
“India is Bharat and Bharat is India,” the Trinamool Congress chairperson asserted. She said that there is now an attempt at changing the name of ‘India’ exclusively to ‘Bharat’.
“We all say Bharat, what is new in this. In English, we say India and the ‘Indian Constitution; in Hindi, we say ‘Bharat ka Samvidhan’. We all say ‘Bharat’, what is new in this. The world knows us as India. What happened suddenly that the name of the country needs to be changed?” the West Bengal Chief Minister said.
Ms. Banerjee alleged that not only names are being changed but “history is being rewritten in the country”.
The G-20 summit is being held in Delhi on September 9 and 10 under India’s Presidency and several heads of state from across the world, including U.S. President Joe Biden, are attending the event.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan shared on X a G-20 dinner invitation from President Droupadi Murmu which described her position as “President of Bharat”.
Trinamool’s ally, the Congress party on Tuesday too attacked the Centre, accusing the PM Modi government of being “scared” of the Indian National Developmental Alliance, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc and indulging in distraction from issues such as price rise and “rising joblessness”.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, rejected a plea by former special Director General of Police (DGP) Rajesh Das to restore the electricity service connection to a bungalow in Thaiyur near Kelambakkam in Chengalpattu district, and to restrain Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) officials from disturbing the power supply in future.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, permitted Anna University to deposit, in three monthly instalments, an amount of ₹73.23 lakh before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) as a condition to hear a statutory appeal preferred by the varsity against the Coimbatore Regional Provident Fund (RPF) Commissioner’s order to pay dues to the tune of ₹2.44 crore to contract employees.