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Kolkata Roads Named After Marx, Lenin, Ho Chi Minh Likely to Be Rechristened
The 10-member panel will weigh new names for three Kolkata roads and other sites, with recommendations going to the state Assembly.
- On Monday, a 10-member committee formed by the West Bengal government began examining proposals to rename three prominent Kolkata thoroughfares: Lenin Sarani, Karl Marx Sarani, and Ho Chi Minh Sarani, with the panel headed by Swami Pradiptananda of Bharat Sevashram.
- Lenin Sarani was renamed in 1970 during celebrations marking Lenin's birth centenary, while the committee now must evaluate whether these communist-era names reflect Indian and Bengali heritage and culture.
- Senior BJP leader Tathagata Roy proposed renaming Lenin Sarani after mathematician Debaprasad Ghosh, Ho Chi Minh Sarani after American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and Karl Marx Sarani after Bengali poets Michael Madhusudan Dutt or Rangalal Bandyopadhyay.
- The Trinamool Congress and CPI-M strongly condemned the proposals, labeling them as "vendetta politics," with party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh asserting the changes would show "no way willing to show tolerance or respect towards distinguished people who hold different beliefs."
- No final decisions will be made until after the Durga Puja festival in October, when the panel will submit recommendations to the state Assembly for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to make the final determination.
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Kolkata's Lenin, Marx, Ho Chi Minh roads on BJP govt's renaming list
A committee formed by West Bengal's BJP government is considering proposals to rename several prominent roads, bridges, and public places in Kolkata, including those named after communist leaders Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx, and Ho Chi Minh. This move has sparked sharp criticism from the Trinamool Congress and CPI(M), who view it as "vendetta politics" and an attempt to disrespect differing ideologies.
From Lenin Sarani to Ho Chi Minh Sarani: Kolkata roads face possible name change
A West Bengal panel is reviewing proposals to rename several Kolkata roads named after communist leaders -- Karl Marx Sarani, Lenin Sarani and Ho Chi Minh Sarani. The move has triggered a wider debate over heritage, politics and the city's historical memory.
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