TMC gives Vivekananda reply to BJP's SP Mookerjee demand
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Kolkata: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday sought the renaming of Sealdah station as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Terminal. Trinamool, on the other hand, demanded that it be named after Swami Vivekananda, who arrived at the Sealdah station after his return from Chicago.
"State govt should send a proposal to rename Sealdah station after Syama Prasad Mookerjee. We will forward that to central govt and get it sanctioned. It should be named Syama Prasad Mookerjee Terminal. It will be a tribute to those who were forced to leave Bangladesh following attacks," Majumdar said after flagging off the first air-conditioned passenger train from the station.
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said: "We have a port named after Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
Why not name the station after Vivekananda? Sealdah station has a historical connection with Swamiji. However, changing the name of a station requires multiple permissions and that will not be easy." In 1897, after his return from Chicago via sea route, Vivekananda took a train from Budge Budge and got down at Sealdah station.
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Meanwhile, TMC supporters and INTTUC workers staged protests in front of the Dum Dum Metro station.
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They alleged that BJP was trying to lodge attacks on the Bengali-speaking population in other states. The protests started while Majumdar was flagging off the train. When the BJP supporters tried to counter them, it ended up in a scuffle.
Majumdar, who had left the station area by then, came back after getting to know about the scuffle. INTTUC supporters said they would continue to shout 'Jai Bangla' if attacks on migrant workers didn't stop.
TMC supporters started shouting slogans against BJP after they saw Majumdar.
"We have not come here for any political programme. It is a programme of central govt and this will help thousands of daily passengers. TMC is afraid of Centre as they don't want systemic intensive revision of voter list in Bengal," Majumdar said.
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