{"id":183189,"date":"2026-06-20T12:28:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183189"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:58:53","slug":"bengal-free-of-shackles-and-on-path-to-creating-history-says-pm-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183189","title":{"rendered":"Bengal free of shackles and on path to creating history, says PM Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/national\/vq3mtv\/article71125884.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/Screenshot%202026-06-20%20175927.png\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/national\/vq3mtv\/article71125884.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/Screenshot%202026-06-20%20175927.png\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/national\/vq3mtv\/article71125884.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_660\/Screenshot%202026-06-20%20175927.png\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/news\/national\/vq3mtv\/article71125884.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_320\/Screenshot%202026-06-20%20175927.png\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"The PM participated in a grand function to celebrate the State day, along with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, Ministers, MLAs, government functionaries and the general public, on June 20, 2026. Photo: X\/@narendramodi\" title=\"The PM participated in a grand function to celebrate the State day, along with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, Ministers, MLAs, government functionaries and the general public, on June 20, 2026. Photo: X\/@narendramodi\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"lead-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    The PM participated in a grand function to celebrate the State day, along with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, Ministers, MLAs, government functionaries and the general public, on June 20, 2026. Photo: X\/@narendramodi\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-71125832\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Decades of misrule had held West Bengal back, and with the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the State, Bengal is free of shackles and on the path to creating history, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday (June 20, 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Modi, who participated in an event to mark Paschim Banga Dibas at Tarakeswar in Hooghly district, congratulated the Suvendu Adhikari government on implementing several schemes like Ayushman Bharat, Annapurna Yojana and Jal Jeevan Mission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"also-read print-hide\" data-ga-label=\"AlsoReadArticle\">\n<div class=\"element\">\n<div class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/hchs5a\/article71119284.ece\/alternates\/SQUARE_80\/PTI02_24_2025_000295B.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/hchs5a\/article71119284.ece\/alternates\/SQUARE_80\/PTI02_24_2025_000295B.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-device-variant=\"SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE\" class=\"media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Prime Minister also asked the gathering, \u201c<i>Paribortan Bhalo lagche to<\/i> (Do you like the change)?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Modi spoke about how land for border fencing has been made available by the BJP government after decades of imbroglio. He also praised the West Bengal government\u2019s \u201cSwachhata Se Swagat\u201d initiative.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe glory of West Bengal will return, and the State is taking strides towards a new future,\u201d Mr. Modi said.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister\u2019s visit to Tarakeswar is the second visit to the State after the BJP came to power, winning more than two-thirds of the seats in the 2026 Assembly elections. Mr. Modi had participated in the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and five other Cabinet Ministers on May 9.<\/p>\n<div class=\"also-read print-hide\" data-ga-label=\"AlsoReadArticle\">\n<div class=\"element\">\n<div class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/w8tnwv\/article71118503.ece\/alternates\/SQUARE_80\/PTI06_18_2026_000346B.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/w8tnwv\/article71118503.ece\/alternates\/SQUARE_80\/PTI06_18_2026_000346B.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-device-variant=\"SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE\" class=\"media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his first address to the people of West Bengal after the Assembly poll victory, Mr. Modi said that the double-engine government is working for the people of the State. \u201cThe double-engine government has started working at a superfast pace. Decisions are being made at lightning speed, and work on stalled projects has begun moving forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister devoted much of his 30-minute speech to highlighting the significance of Paschim Banga Dibas and said that the day should remind the younger generation of the history of the State and ensure that the same mistakes of the earlier government are not repeated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to repeatedly explain the significance of Paschim Banga Divas to today\u2019s generation. It is important for young people to understand what was happening during that period when attempts were being made to include the whole of Bengal in Pakistan, as the Congress had surrendered before those conspirators,\u201d the Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Modi also claimed that the Congress left West Bengal as an orphan during the Partition and indulged in appeasement politics after Independence.<\/p>\n<p>After coming to power in the State, the BJP government announced that it would observe June 20 as Paschim Banga Dibas. On June 20, 1947, Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee moved a proposal in the Bengal Legislative Assembly for the partition of Bengal, which paved the way for the creation of a \u201chomeland for Hindus of Bengal\u201d. During the Trinamool regime, Poila Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year, was observed as Paschim Banga Dibas.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who was present at the event, said that Syama Prasad Mookerjee had organised a conference in Tarakeswar in April 1947, demanding western part of Bengal be made a homeland for \u201cBengali Hindus\u201d. Mr. Adhikari said the BJP government would observe the birth and death anniversaries of the Jana Sangh founder and erect a 125-feet statue of the\u00a0BJP\u2019s ideological fountainhead\u00a0in Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will spend the night at Lok Bhawan in Kolkata and participate in the celebrations of the 12th International Day of Yoga on Sunday. The event will be held on Kolkata\u2019s Red Road, and about 35,000 people are likely to participate. Several installations in Kolkata, along with the riverfront, have been decked up with bright lights on the eve of International Day of Yoga.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; June 20, 2026 06:05 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/west-bengal\/pm-modi-paschimbanga-divas-benefits-schemes-updates\/article71125832.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PM participated in a grand function to celebrate the State day, along with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, Ministers, MLAs, government functionaries and the general public, on June 20, 2026.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot202026-06-2020175927.png","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176882,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176882","url_meta":{"origin":183189,"position":0},"title":"\u2018Making lot of money with India\u2019: Trump says trade deal with \u2018good friend\u2019 PM Modi coming | India News &#8211; 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