Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray on Thursday revealed that a resolution was passed in the West Bengal Assembly back in 2018 to rename West Bengal to Bangla. He went on to claim that the resolution has been since pending for Central government's consideration. He stressed that the Mamata Banerjee-led state government got the resolution passed in order to "restore the identity of Bengali people".
While speaking to press, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray said, "In July 2018, the West Bengal Legislative Assembly passed a resolution that West Bengal should be renamed as Bangla and it was since pending for consideration at the end of the central government."