'A name you can pronounce with a rosogulla in your mouth ': Twitter reacts to West Bengal's proposed name change

The West Bengal Cabinet on Tuesday decided to rename the state as ‘Bangla’ or ‘Banga’ in Bengali and ‘Bengal’ in English. The news was confirmed by Trinamool Congress leader and state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, who said a special Assembly session will be convened on August 26 to discuss the name change. 

‘The Cabinet has taken a very important decision. We had suggested a change in name of the state. For the sake of the people, culture and tradition, we have decided to change the name in Bengali as ‘Bangla’ or ‘Banga’. We will put forward the suggestion in the Legislative Assembly. The state’s name in English would be ‘Bengal’. We will discuss this issue in the Assembly on August 26,’ State Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said.

The ruling party in the state had decided to rename West Bengal to ‘Paschim Banga’ in 2011 to raise the state’s position alphabetically.  Besides the TMC, the opposition parties led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) had also supported the move then. 

PS - The Banga v/s Bongo confusion. While the name is spelled as Bango,  the English spelling for word বঙ্গ  is Banga.

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— indianhistorypics (@IndiaHistorypic) August 2, 2016

#Bongo is kind of appropriate. And honest.

— Veena Venugopal (@veenavenugopal) August 2, 2016

Bangla is Good, but definitely not BONGO•Bongo is an instrument that is played (Bajano hoe)!Do not want people 2 crack dirty pun about it

— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) August 2, 2016

Let's admit it, they were just looking for a name that is easy to pronounce when you have a Rosogulla stuffed in your mouth#Bongo

— AwkWord (@cynicundercover) August 2, 2016

Alphabetically oopar aane ki itni hi chull hai toh state ka naam 'Aami Low Self-Esteem' hi kar do. #Banga #Mamata pic.twitter.com/AUbSggBoHs

— Aisi Taisi Democracy (@AisiTaisiDemo) August 2, 2016

I am told that some in West Bengal want their state to be renamed as Bongo. Can I please introduce a motion to prefix that with Coco?

— Shubhashish (@shubHASHISH) August 2, 2016

Alphabetically oopar aane ki itni hi chull hai toh state ka naam 'Aami Low Self-Esteem' hi kar do. #Banga #Mamata pic.twitter.com/AUbSggBoHs

— Aisi Taisi Democracy (@AisiTaisiDemo) August 2, 2016

@KennyKayMaaN It's West Bengal because the British divided it such. I can understand their logic to some extent, but WTF is Bongo?

— Shruthi (@shruthipady) August 2, 2016

Bongo? Waiting for Malayali to be officially called Mango... err... Mallu and Kerala as Mallu Pradesh

— Tinu Cherian Abraham (@tinucherian) August 2, 2016

As a bangali I feel Bangla or Bengal is good name instead of West Bengal

— Somnath Roy (@ghatamsomnath) August 2, 2016

#Bongo is kind of appropriate. And honest.

— Veena Venugopal (@veenavenugopal) August 2, 2016

The Govt of Bongo sounds like the name of a wannabe shack on one edge of Anjuna Beach
This is madness.

— IndiaSpeaks (@IndiaSpeaksPR) August 2, 2016

They are renaming West Bengal to Bengal coz parents were tired of explaining kids why it is named West Bengal even though it's in East

— Aakash (@PUNchayati) August 2, 2016