Dev, along with being a TMC MP, is one of the most well-known faces in Tollywood, Bengal's film industry.
Two years after being elected from the Ghatal constituency, actor-turned-politician, Dev Adhikari gave his maiden speech in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Dev started his speech in Bengali, only to be interrupted by speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who asked him whether he had given a notice earlier that he would be speaking in his mother tongue – Bengali.
To which, Dev replied, “Yes ma’am, I have given the notice to the house.” The speaker told Dev, that she would come back to him in a few minutes. Later, when Dev got his turn to speak in the house, he demanded immediate implementation of the ‘Ghatal Master Plan’. “I have grown up hearing about the Ghatal Master Plan. But, it is far from being implemented. Hence, I demand immediate implementation of the ‘Ghatal Master Plan’,” said Dev.
‘Ghatal Master Plan’ is project designed for better drainage facilities and flood control two districts of West Bengal - East and West Midnapore. During monsoons, these two districts are badly affected by the floods, as a result of which, lakhs of people are displaced from their homes. The ‘Ghatal Master Plan’ was announced in the year 2009 for the construction of embankments and improvement of the drainage system in the area.
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The West Bengal Cabinet on Tuesday decided to rename the state as ‘Bangla’ or ‘Bongo’ in Bengali and ‘Bengal’ in English. The news was confirmed by Trinamool Congress leader and state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, who said a special Assembly session will be convened on August 26 to discuss the name change. ‘The Cabinet has taken a very important decision. We had suggested a change in name of the state. For the sake of the people, culture and tradition, we have decided to change the name in Bengali as ‘Bangla’ or ‘Bongo’. We will put forward the suggestion in the Legislative Assembly. The state’s name in English would be ‘Bengal’. We will discuss this issue in the Assembly on August 26,’ State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said.
The ruling party in the state had decided to rename West Bengal to ‘Paschim Banga’ in 2011 to raise the state’s position alphabetically. Besides the TMC, the opposition parties led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) had also supported the move then.
With inputs from agencies
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