{"id":158018,"date":"2023-09-08T12:50:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T07:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=158018"},"modified":"2023-09-08T12:50:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T07:20:26","slug":"west-bengal-assembly-resolution-on-poila-baisakh-as-state-foundation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/west-bengal-assembly-resolution-on-poila-baisakh-as-state-foundation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bengal Assembly Resolution On \u2018Poila Baisakh\u2019 As State Foundation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

West Bengal Assembly Resolution On \u2018Poila Baisakh\u2019 As State Foundation Day:<\/strong> On April 15th, the West Bengal assembly made a landmark step by passing a resolution declaring Bengali New Year’s Day, known as Poila Baisakh, as the state’s foundation day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This decision comes amid controversy and disagreements over the date chosen for this celebration. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee<\/strong> has been a strong advocate for this change, emphasizing that the day will be observed irrespective of the approval of the state\u2019s governor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: September 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Landmark Resolution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motion, introduced under Rule 169, proposes declaring Poila Baisakh as ‘Bangla Diwas’ and making Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s masterwork, ‘Banglar Mati, Banglar Jol’ (Bengal’s soil, Bengal’s water), the official state song. This historic decision was passed with a majority vote of 167 members in favor out of a total of 294 members in the House. However, not everyone in the assembly was in agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposition from the BJP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bharatiya Janata Party<\/strong> (BJP), with 62 MLAs in the West Bengal assembly, firmly opposed the resolution. They argue that the state\u2019s foundation day should be celebrated on June 20<\/strong>, a date with historical significance. On that day in 1947, MLAs from West Bengal voted for the partition of Bengal<\/strong>, an event that was celebrated as Bengal Day<\/strong> by some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mamata Banerjee\u2019s Resolute Stance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee remains steadfast in her support for the new foundation day. She emphasized that the People of Bengal don\u2019t support June 20, a date associated with the violence and bloodshed of the partition<\/strong>, as the state\u2019s foundation day. Banerjee earlier expressed her dissatisfaction with the central government’s choice of June 20 as the state’s foundation day, calling it ‘incorrect.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Bengal\u2019s Bold Step in Preserving Cultural Identity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the face of these differing opinions, West Bengal\u2019s choice to embrace its cultural heritage<\/strong> by observing Poila Baisakh as the state\u2019s foundation day represents a significant step, one that highlights the state\u2019s rich history and its commitment to preserving its cultural identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

West Bengal Assembly Resolution On \u2018Poila Baisakh\u2019 As State Foundation Day: On April 15th, the West Bengal assembly made a landmark step by passing a resolution declaring Bengali New Year’s Day, known as Poila Baisakh, as the state’s foundation day. This decision comes amid controversy and disagreements over the date chosen for this celebration. Chief […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":158019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5153],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-158018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-september-2023","tag-days-events-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158020,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158018\/revisions\/158020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}