Hindi Academy plans to promote Hindi language in West Bengal 

         

Soma Mookherjee

City Editor, The Statesman  

KOLKATA, 24 OCT: West Bengal Hindi Academy today discussed various steps to promote Hindi language, literature and culture in West Bengal.

It was decided on the first meeting of reconstituted West Bengal Hindi Academy as directed by the chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

In this meeting, various discussions held to promote Hindi language, literature and culture in West Bengal. 

Mr Vivek Gupta, former Trinamul Rajya Sabha MP stated, “Four points - language, literature, culture and arts – were mainly discussed in the meeting. The members praised chief minister for taking initiative to set up first Hindi University in the state. It was also decided that in near future West Bengal Hindi Academy will stage one act play, organise poetry sessions, conferences on various topics across the state. The Hindi Academy will also focus on Hindi translations of famous Bengali writers and poets.”

Mr Gupta also said important initiatives will be taken to attract and encourage the new generation towards Hindi language.

“A move was also taken to set up a library and a large number of general and public interest books in it,” he said.

“With the co-operation of all the members, the academy will try to reach Hindi-speaking students and intellectuals not only in Kolkata and nearby areas but all over Bengal,” Mr Gupta said. 

Apart from this, the academy will organize discussions on other current topics of literature, language and culture, he said.

Earlier, the chief minister donated Rs five crore for the Hindi Academy.

Mr Dinesh Trivedi, Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP is the chairman of the reconstituted West Bengal Hindi Academy.

Hema once again in Trinamul deserting Congress

 Hema once again in Trinamul deserting Congress

Choubey was with Trinamul Congress, which she joined, inspired by Mamata Banerjee, in 2001 after her husband Goutam Choubey was killed by some miscreants on that year. Goutam joined Trinamul Congress in 2001 and he was killed on that day at Malancha when he was declared as a Trinamul Youth Congress district president.

Biswabrata Goswmi

Hummingbird News       

MIDNAPORE, 13 AUG: Hema Choubey, an AICC member in Kharagpur joined Trinamul Congress after deserting Congress with which she had been associated since 2009.

She took the party flag from the Trinamul Congress district president Ajit Maity at Malancha in Kharagpur yesterday. Another Congress leader Debangshu Gangopadhyay, a former Kharagpur Town Congress president also joined Trinamul Congress along with Choubey at Malancha.

Choubey is familiar as a daughter-in-law of the former veteran CPI leader late Narayan Choubey.

Choubey was with Trinamul Congress, which she joined, inspired by Mamata Banerjee, in 2001 after her husband Goutam Choubey was killed by some miscreants on that year. Goutam joined Trinamul Congress in 2001 and he was killed on that day at Malancha when he was declared as a Trinamul Youth Congress district president.

Since that time, Hema Choubey became associated with Trinamul Congress and she was a Trinamul Congress candidate from Panskura in 2004 parliamentary polls.

In 2006, she wanted to be a candidate from Kharagpur assembly seat, but relation with Debashis Choudhury, a close friend of Goutam Choubey turned worst for this reason. That time, Debashis was a TMC candidate. Later, in 2009, Choubey joined Congress and was a jote candidate (Congres-Trinamul) in the 2011 assembly election from Garbeta.

In 2014, she again deserted Congress and joined Trinamul for some days. After a few days, Choubey again returned to Congress dumping Trinamul.

This time, she again took the Trinamul Congress flag from the party’s district president.

“Trinamul Congress leaders including Kharagpur MLA Pradip Sarkar wanted me to come back in Trinamul. So, I decided to join the party. This apart, in Kharagpur, Congress doesn’t have leaders left after Chacha’s (Gyan Sing Sohonpal) death”, Choubey said.

BJP leader shot at Khejuri in East Midnapore after a clash with Trinamul Congress workers

Biswabrata Goswami

Statesman News Service

MIDNAPORE, 28 JUNE: A BJP district secretary was shot at Khejuri in East Midnapore following a clash between the workers of the ruling Trinamul Congress and the saffron party this afternoon.

Police official said Pabitra Das, BJP’s district secretary received bullet injury at his left hand and he was immediately taken to the Contai state general hospital for treatment. His condition is now stable.

According to local residents, the incident took place when a group of BJP supporters, led by the party’s district secretary Pabitra Das, protested against the local Trinamul dominated panchayat’s alleged decision to sell off the trees uprooted in cyclone Amphan without floating tenders. “When the BJP activists were staging a demonstration and the supporters of Trinamul Congress assembled there. Shortly, a clash between the two groups broke out,’’ said an eyewitness.

During the clash, Das was seen slumping on the road and as other BJP supporters reached him, they spotted blood oozing out of his wound, said the police. Das was immediately admitted to a local hospital.

Soon after the incident, some irate BJP workers also ransacked houses belonging to the Trinamul supporters, but the police intervened immediately and brought the situation under control.

Dilip Ghosh, BJP’s state president, alleged the Trinamul supporters attacked Das and other BJP supporters in the presence of police personnel. “Das is a very active worker of our party. He protested against the illegal act of local panchayat members. The police stood as mute spectators when the supporters of the ruling party unleashed attack,” he said.

Trinamul Congress MP in Contai, East Midnapore, Sisir Adhikari said none of his party supporters was involved in the incident.

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