Protests pour in on TMC’s Facebook page
KOLKATA:
Protests against the proposed name change of West Bengal to
Paschimbanga have been pouring in on various social networking sites,
including the official Facebook page of the Trinamool Congress.
The
group 'Not Paschimbanga', which began on Facebook within an hour of the
announcement of the new name with a few memebers, grew to 1,544 in just
24 hours. The community has also decided to file a petition on reaching
2000 'likes'. In a matter of 24 hours there have been close to 30
groups on facebook alone where people are firmly criticising the
government's act of christening the state.
Facebook
polls also mirror people's sentiments. "Do you like the name change to
Paschimbanga? Let's see how much support is with Mamata's decision,"went
one of them.
A staggering 1,193 people have voted against it as compared to an insignificant 147 who have welcomed the name change.
The new name have left the people absolutely enraged and furious. Netizens are strongly voicing their opinion regarding the name change of the state. The common question raised by all is that if the government designed this move to get rid of a vestige of colonial heritage and bolster its dignity, the name Paschimbanga is not helping its cause.
When it was chosen that 'west' wil be discarded from 'West Bengal', what sense does it make to rename our state as 'Paschimbanga'? Bengal or Bangla would have been better or even Banga would have been good. But its senseless to make it 'Paschimbanga'! Not only does the name sound weird, it's also very big, said Facebook user Jay Shade.
Social media is said to be the best place to express one's opinion and Facebook perfectly reflects that. "The whole point of change of name is not satisfied. Always it was about keeping the unnecessary burdain of 'West' tag off our head but that ridiculous legacy of partition will still haunt us after all that fuzz about a 'name change'. Ei muhurte ei poribortoner poriborton ghotanor jonyo mukhyamontri r kache argi janachhi," wrote Nirveek Sengupta.
"People are trying to change Kolkata into London...well London has not changed its name since ages....," wrote another. "Govt is trying to change the look of the city .... however check the condition of the roads ... seems Yamraj is sitting waiting for the accident to happen so that he can complete his target.... flood...is killing people and here govt is busy building road dividers and footpaths... gosh what blunder have people done,"went another post.
The second most important question raised is we needed change but did it have to be so impudent, with all the jokes and jibes being made at the expense of the new name. "What is this Poschim Bongo and where can I smoke it?" one user quipped on Twitter.
The other jokes doing rounds is the name sounding similar to that of Congo, a place in Africa and the musical instrument Bongo.
The new name have left the people absolutely enraged and furious. Netizens are strongly voicing their opinion regarding the name change of the state. The common question raised by all is that if the government designed this move to get rid of a vestige of colonial heritage and bolster its dignity, the name Paschimbanga is not helping its cause.
"I lodge a strong protest against re-naming of the state as
Paschimbanga. It is the single greatest mistake your government could
ever commit, and dare I say,we didn't vote you in to usher "change" into
any and everything possible. Kindly retract on the name and adopt
Bengal/Bangla or even keep WB. Miss CM, we were expecting better
things,"added Annesh Bilas Thakur, who posted this on the All India Trinamool Congress (official) page.
When it was chosen that 'west' wil be discarded from 'West Bengal', what sense does it make to rename our state as 'Paschimbanga'? Bengal or Bangla would have been better or even Banga would have been good. But its senseless to make it 'Paschimbanga'! Not only does the name sound weird, it's also very big, said Facebook user Jay Shade.
Social media is said to be the best place to express one's opinion and Facebook perfectly reflects that. "The whole point of change of name is not satisfied. Always it was about keeping the unnecessary burdain of 'West' tag off our head but that ridiculous legacy of partition will still haunt us after all that fuzz about a 'name change'. Ei muhurte ei poribortoner poriborton ghotanor jonyo mukhyamontri r kache argi janachhi," wrote Nirveek Sengupta.
"People are trying to change Kolkata into London...well London has not changed its name since ages....," wrote another. "Govt is trying to change the look of the city .... however check the condition of the roads ... seems Yamraj is sitting waiting for the accident to happen so that he can complete his target.... flood...is killing people and here govt is busy building road dividers and footpaths... gosh what blunder have people done,"went another post.
The second most important question raised is we needed change but did it have to be so impudent, with all the jokes and jibes being made at the expense of the new name. "What is this Poschim Bongo and where can I smoke it?" one user quipped on Twitter.
The other jokes doing rounds is the name sounding similar to that of Congo, a place in Africa and the musical instrument Bongo.
Page 1 - The Times of India Kolkata edition August 21
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