Pitching for the name ‘Bharat’ once again, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on September 6 maintained that institutions like the Reserve Bank of India should be renamed.
He claimed that the word ‘India’ and practices associated with the British era are ‘colonial hangovers’ and the country is entering a ‘phase of renaissance’ during which these will be done away with.
“The name of the Central bank should be ‘Reserve Bank of Bharat’. This is a phase of renaissance. Assam has changed several old legacies and many changes have been made in the Centre also,” Mr. Sarma said while addressing a press conference in Guwahati.
