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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday reminded the Central government that the state of West Bengal also has its own proposal for changing its name to ‘Bangla’, while congratulating Kerala for its new name ‘Keralam’. According to an X post by TMC, the West Bengal CM said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) “Bangla birodhi” (Opponents of Bangla), claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah have no respect for the state’s heritage and language.