West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday demanded that India should have four rotating capitals instead of just one national capital. ALSO READ | Ahead Of Polls, Prime Minister Modi Distributes 'Land Pattas' To Indigenous People In Assam
While addressing a programme at Netaji Bhavan in Kolkata on his 125th birth anniversary, CM Mamata said "I believe that India must have 4 rotating capitals. The English ruled the entire country from Kolkata. Why should there be only one capital city in our country."
Hours ahead of PM Modi’s event, CM Mamata took out a major rally in Kolkata on Saturday to celebrate Netaji’s birth anniversary where she also proposed that Centre should reintroduce the Planning Commission which was abolished by the Modi government.
Targeting the MOdi government, Mamata Banerjee said "Niti Aayog and Planning Commission can co-exist, Centre should reintroduce the panel." She reasoned that the panel was conceptualised by Netaji which the Centre has removed now.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary and said a grateful nation will always remember his sacrifice and dedication for its independence.
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Modi will be in West Bengal on Saturday to address "Parakram Diwas" celebrations in Kolkata to commemorate Bose's birth anniversary. He will also distribute land rights to the indigenous people in Assam on the same day. While the BJP will be seeking to retain power in Assam, the saffron outfit is building up a campaign in West Bengal to wrest power from the ruling Trinamool Congress.
In West Bengal, the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress are engaged in a tussle over the celebrations of Netaji's 125th birth anniversary.