Sujit Bisoyi in Bhubaneswar reports that a young woman interning with a leading NGO in Odisha was molested and assaulted by dozens of villagers in Rayagada, while her male colleague was beaten up, in what police say is a case of “child kidnapping” rumours spiralling out of control.
Though the incident occurred on the evening of June 16, it came to light after the police arrested at least 20 people, including several juveniles, on Saturday.
Yet Bengal did not allow its identity and heritage to be destroyed.
As a result, when there were attempts to separate the whole of Bengal from India, those plans were thwarted through the creation of West Bengal.
The civilisation and culture that are thousands of years old, along with the region’s core faith and traditions, are not only preserved today in the form of West Bengal but remain vibrant as well.
Therefore, when we observe Paschimbang divas, we are not merely remembering a date, but recalling an entire chapter of history, Modi said in Tarakeswar, West Bengal.
He added, "At the time of Partition, the Congress, which wanted to abandon Bengal as an orphan, began playing the game of appeasement even in the remaining Bengal after the Partition.
This history of West Bengal has been suppressed.
Efforts continued to eliminate the very ideology for which he had fought for Bengal.
The land that has been connected to such great sons as Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Swami Vivekananda, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar—foreign ideologies were imposed upon it.
For decades, instead of preserving and nurturing West Bengal, it was allowed to become a hub for illegal infiltrators.".
Congress left Bengal as orphan during Partition, indulged in appeasement politics after Independence, says PM Modi.
Previous govt in Bengal had halted transfer of land for border fencing, that process started under present regime, says PM Modi in Tarakeswar, West Bengal.
