‘Bongo Vongo’ or the partition of West Bengal, just like Sourav Ganguly joining politics is a recurring topic in Bengal politics, except that the former always invites more serious concerns. As the panchayat elections are around the corner, the buzz of partition has been rekindled again, with strong murmurs of a union territory being carved out of the Northern parts of West Bengal along with some districts of Assam and Bihar.
What added fuel to the fire was the news of several BJP leaders from North Bengal holding meetings at multiple levels on the demand for a separate state. Several other leaders who support the cause of a separate state too have held meetings, with the most important one being between Ananta Rai, leader of the Greater Cooch Behar Movement and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nisith Pramanik. Later, while speaking to the press, Rai said that the creation of a separate state is only a matter of time.