Let Bengal Decide If They Wish Separate State Union minister Nisith Pramanik
pBengal is under controversy with the political parties rebelnbspp
pUnion minister Nisith Pramanik today Tuesday said people of north Bengal have faced apathy for decades and they will decide if they want a separate stateppldquoThere is no such thing as legitimate or illegitimate about this demand It also does not matter what I think about it A lot of leaders may have personal opinionsrdquo Pramanik said at an event to pay homage to the BJP workers allegedly killed in post-poll violence in West Bengal this year ldquoI will give my opinion later I am with the people of North Bengal Let them decide what they wantrdquoppPramanikrsquos comments came two months after BJP Parliament Member John Barla demanded a separate state or Union Territory comprising districts of north Bengal and triggered an angry reaction from the ruling Trinamool Congress TMC Both Barla and Pramanik are Lok Sabha members from north BengalppIn the March-April assembly polls the BJP bagged 30 of the 54 seats in north Bengal districts as the TMC swept back to power in the state In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls the BJP bagged 18 of the statersquos 42 seats The BJP won seven of the eight seats in the region in 2019ppChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged the BJP has hatched a conspiracy to divide Bengal and said she will not allow anyone to split the state Banerjee Monday announced a series of development projects for the regionnbspppnbspp
