Hospitals refuse admission to 65-yr-old

KOLKATA: Mukunda Bala was walking down the road at Barbaria in Barasat on Monday morning, when he was hit by a cycle from behind. The 65-year-old fell, fractured his hip bone and has been instructed to undergo a surgery. But, four government hospitals in the Trinamool Congress’s ‘pro-poor’ state could not ensure treatment for the mason. Bala’s family alleged that the patient was turned away by these hospitals. With no help from any quarter, he is lying at home in severe pain.

Mukunda Bala was walking on the road in Barasat’s Barbaria on Monday morning when he was hit by a cyclist from behind. The 65-year-old fell and fractured his hip bone. Bala needs to undergo surgery. But four government hospitals in Trinamool Congress’s ‘pro poor’ state could not ensure treatment for the mason. The family alleged that the patient was turned away by hospitals. With no takers, the 65-year-old is now lying at home in severe pain and anguish.

Bala was first taken to Barasat district hospital around 11.30am on Monday, an hour after the accident. Doctors at the hospital examined him at the emergency ward. When the x-ray report showed fracture, doctors told the family to take Bala to a better hospital as they did not have the facility and equipment necessary for the surgery.

“My father-in-law was referred to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH). But by then it was already late. So we decided to go to RGMCH the next day,” said Sanjay Pal.

The family went to RGKMCH on Tuesday morning. Pal alleged that after waiting in the OPD queue for hours, they were asked to take Bala to Medical College and Hospital Calcutta (MCHC) since there were no vacant beds. “We met the same fate at MCHC. We were turned away on the pretext of the lack of beds that no bed was available. In fact, policemen posted there drove us away when we argued with doctors for admission,” complained Pal.

The next stop for the harassed family was NRS Medical College and Hospital ( NRSMCH). The treatment meted out to the patient and his family was a shade better compared to other hospitals. Doctors at NRS administered an injection to reduce Bala’s pain and directed him to go to the orthopaedic OT for a surgery. But as luck would have it, here too unavailability of beds posed a problem.

The emergency doctors here did display a human face by administering an injection to reduce the patient’s pain. After examination, Bala was asked to go to the orthopaedic OT for a surgery.

“The orthopaedic doctors said that there was no bed to accommodate the patient for the post operative recovery. Therefore, we were asked to go to another hospital for the surgery,” said Pal.

It was already late evening. The family decided to go back home. On Wednesday, they went back to Barasat district hospital and requested doctors to help the family. With no surgery facility available, doctors said that at best they could put the patient on traction as there was no facility for surgery. The family decided to take the patient back home.

“I do not know how long I will stay like this. We have no money to go to a private hospital for surgery. Is this the price I have to pay for being poor?” asked a distraught Bala.

According to a Supreme Court ruling, hospitals cannot refuse emergency patients. Chief minster Mamata Banerjee too had warned hospitals against refusing patients. When contacted, NRS authorities refused to comment. RG Kar officials, however, said they were not aware of the case and have asked the patient’s family to visit the hospital on Friday. The hospital authorities also assured to arrange for Bala’s treatment.

“There is a strict instruction to hospitals not to refuse emergency patients. If such a thing has happened, it is unfortunate. If the patient’s family complains, we will definitely take up the issue,” said director of health services (DHS) Dr B Satpathy.

Trinamool MPs’ strategy meet at Writers’

KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress has become stronger by default, thanks to the Congress’s poor show in the recent assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. And now, the Trinamool will use the situation to its fullest advantage in the coming budget session of Parliament, and is even likely to bargain for the special financial package with the Centre that has till now come to naught.

Mamata Banerjee is now in a much better position to bring funds for cash-strapped Bengal, or else join the chorus with other regional parties in Parliament.

A delegation of party MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha called on chief minister Mamata Banerjee – also the party’s chairperson – at Writers’ Buildings on Friday to chalk out its strategies for the coming session that is on between March 12 and 30 in the first phase.

There isn’t much to speculate on what the nature of Trinamool Congress’s approach could be. For, MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, after the meeting with Mamata, said: “Wherever the interests of the people are concerned, we are ready to raise our voice”.

He said if Bengal has to get back to normal and be equated to other states, “then it requires special attention… This is true for Bengal, Kerala and Punjab. And Bengal is suffering the most. It has turned broke and crippled and development work is getting stalled.”

He added that the Trinamool government has to bear the brunt of an enormous debt, paying Rs 22,000 crore every year – a situation left behind by the former Left Front government.

“There is the plan and non-plan outlay, and the latter includes essential things such as salary of the employees, and all these things have to be kept in mind. We want Bengal’s interests to be protected, and we will project the interests of the people of this state,” Bandyopadhyay stressed.

The results of the Uttar Pradesh polls were cause of great delight to the Trinamool, because the Congress’s drubbing in the UP and Punjab polls means Mamata will get more leverage at the Centre. The UPA government has no option but to depend on her now. Even as all 100 Trinamool candidates fielded in UP lost, the severe blow to the Congress’ loss has only gone on to make her stronger. With Mamata throwing a spanner in many major issues – from FDI in retail to the Teesta water sharing deal – the Congress had hoped that better performance in the UP polls would ease out the pressure to a certain extent. But the poll results made things worse for the Congress, and put the Trinamool is a better bargaining position.

Bandyopadhyay however, would not say so. He refused to comment on whether the Trinamool’s bargaining power had increased and so it would pressure the Centre on these issues. He only said “We are constantly trying to raise the demands, and we will again do so.” Nor did he want to comment on mid-term polls, nor on a possible formation of a fourth front that is now being talked about.

The Trinamool strategized on areas where it will use the dynamics of its new position. Already it has raised its objections on the National Counter Terrorism Centre, on FDI in retail, and Bandyopadhyay pointed out issues such as the breach in Farakka barrage that was going against the interest of Bengal. He also mentioned the issue of the fertilizer subsidy. “which the Centre is reluctant to offer and we don’t agree on these issues which cause losses to farmers”. He pointed out how the Trinamool – despite being the Congress’ ally – had objected to the fuel price rise, adding that it would repeat this if there were such proposals in future.

State unhappy with counter-terror centre

KOLKATA: The state government wants to thrash out certain issues with the Centre over the powers and functions of the anti-terror agency, National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC), which the Centre will set up by March 1.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that the state government will oppose the move, as “it could not be allowed in a federal structure”. Mamata said Odisha was also opposing it.

The NCTC will derive its powers from the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), which allows it to make arrests or searches across the country in terror-related cases.

While the state police are supposed to be kept in the loop when such searches are conducted or arrests made, the state government is apparently not confident that this will be the case when it comes to actual operations or arrests. The top brass in the state administration is currently discussing the issue, and will take up the issue with the Centre officially.

Since former chief minister Jyoti Basu’s tenure, the sharing of power between the Centre and the state has been a critical issue in Bengal politics. And despite the widely differing political ideologies, the CPM and the Trinamool Congress seem to be having the same view regarding the fact that the state should be given more power in a federal structure.

The state government’s main objection is about the fact that the central agency can make arrests in areas that are under the state jurisdiction. This could also be the state’s conscious decision to monitor the Maoist issue where it does not want the Centre to intervene.

The NCTC will collate and analyze inputs on terror threats throughout the country and will have the legal power to make arrests and conduct search operations. The Cabinet Committee on Security ( CCS) had on January 11 approved of the creation of the NCTC, and now the Centre seems keen on knowing the views of the state governments on this.

The agency will have the power to keep a constant data on terror modules, terrorists and all their associates. It can also seek all kinds of information from any agency – including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), National Investigation Agency (NIA), as well as all central armed police forces, and even the National Security Guard (NSG).

It is in these areas too that the state government is looking at whether it would be “comfortable” sharing all its information with the agency, especially ones which it has investigated and which may be “sensitive” to share.

Since former chief minister Jyoti Basu’s tenure, the sharing of power between the Centre and the state has been a critical issue in Bengal politics. And despite the widely differing political ideologies, the CPM and the Trinamool Congress seem to be having the same view regarding the fact that the state should be given more power in a federal structure.

Bengal babus to lose right to strike?

KOLKATA: It will be illegal for government employees in the state to go on strike or hold rallies if chief minister Mamata Banerjee has her way.

In a decision that has sent ripples down both camps, the government wants to take away the employees ‘ right to association, leave aside strike, that the Left Front government had bestowed upon them.

The bold step – once approved by the Cabinet – will be put to test on February 28 when Left trade unions go on a countrywide industrial strike.

Ironically, it was labour minister Purnendu Bose who was a firebrand trade union leader – who dropped the bombshell on Tuesday. “The erstwhile Left Front government had made amendments to the service rules in 1981, adding a particular section that gave ‘full trade union’ rights to state government employees. We have decided to do away with this section, since it contradicts the subsequent sections of the service rules,” he said at a press conference at Writers’ Buildings.

It has touched a raw nerve in Bengal, known for a revolutionary fetish. For three decades, the state was used to seeing a deserted Writers’ whenever the Left called a bandh or held a rally . The chief secretary would duly issue circulars asking all government employees to come to work and the order was duly ignored. The government never took action against the employees who used to go on mass casual leave on such occasions. Towards the fag end of the Left reign, Writers’ would empty out for Trinamool rallies. It was seen as an indication of the impending ‘poribartan’.

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West Bengal Government Employees’ Union (Nabaparjaya), which is backed by Trinamool Congress, is furious over the move to “stifle our rights” and has threatened an agitation General secretary of United State Government’s Employee’s Federation, also backed by Trinamool, says employer and employee can never be on same page, and vows continue protests CPM-backed Coordination Committee to protest against decision, too

‘No one can usurp right to protest’

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has already barred the police from having unions or going on rallies. The move is now being extended to all state government employees. The new administration is invoking the long-forgotten clauses of the rule book that bar government employees from joining a political party. It will amend the rules to overturn a circular issued by the erstwhile Left Front government in 1981 that gave government employees the right to association.
“The (1981) amendment was done despite other sections categorically ruling out a government employee’s association with a political party. Our amendment will re-establish the important rule that applies to the whole country,” labour minister Purnendu Bose said.

“Earlier, government employees were affiliated with Intuc, which was not a political party even though it was run by the Congress. Later, INTTUC gave affiliation to government employees despite being an offshoot of the Trinamool Congress. INTTUC’s status is clearly defined in our party’s constitution. We need to address these grey areas,” Bose said.

It seemed the only person who was expecting the “unprecedented decision” was Ananta Bandyopadhyay , general secretary of the CPM backed Coordination Committee. “The Left Front had created history by granting trade union rights to government employees. We knew that a government run by any other party would repeal the rule.” Bandyopadhyay has promised to launch the customary protest, though. He shrugged: “No one can usurp our right to protest. We are not waiting for any government to give us the right or snatch it from us.”

But Samir Majumdar, secretary of the Trinamool-affiliated union, was outraged. “We vehemently condemn the decision. Our trade union rights can’t be stifled this way. The former government, though, granting the right in pen and paper, had tried to unnerve us many times. We demand that this government repeal the decision, or we shall launch a protest,” he said.

Writers’ employees apprehend more such “unprecedented decisions” . Some of them recall how a panel of judges had imposed severe penalties on hundreds of government employees in Tamil Nadu after the Jayalalitha-led AIADMK government accused them of misconduct during a statewide strike in July 2003. The government had acted under the Tamil Nadu Essential Services Maintenance Act (TESMA) and the panel was set up in the wake of the government’s sacking 200,000 employees to crush the general strike.

The state labour minister, however, assured that the Bengal government is “not trying to curb anybody’s rights”. We are only trying to remove the dichotomy within the service rules. We are truly pro-employee, and are keen to solve issues through dialogue rather than the agitation,” he said.

Biswajit Bhattacharya, general secretary of another Trinamool-backed union, the United State Government’s Employee’s Federation, appeared on the same page with the labour minister. “The Left Front government had allowed us trade union rights though it is not due to us. But it used the Coordination Committee to curb any kind of opposition-led protest. The employee and the employer can never be friends. The employer will continue to deprive and we shall resort to protest.”

The government will also seek to know the total membership of organizations, invoking labour rules that don’t acknowledge an organization with less than 20,000 members as a central trade union.

Mamata’s AFSPA promise a sham: Activists

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has come under friendly fire for her promise to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur if Trinamool Congress is voted to power in that state.

After party MP Kabir Suman accused her of shedding crocodile tears for Irom Sharmila, rights activists – who were once government-appointed mediators with Maoists – slammed her on Tuesday for making empty promises.

Mamata’s pledge to do away with AFSPA is little more than an electoral promise with no practical value, civil rights activists in Kolkata say.

“Mamata Banerjee has tried to woo Manipur voters with these statements but they have no practical value. When she has not succeeded in withdrawing the joint forces from Jangalmahal, how can she even think of repealing AFSPA even if she does win the mandate in Manipur?” said rights activist Sujato Bhadra.

The AFSPA is very difficult to do away with, Bhadra remarked. “The Jeevan Reddy Committee, set up to review the Act after Manorama Devi’s death in Manipur, recommended repeal of AFSPA but nothing happened. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has been fighting to repeal the act for several years but has not succeeded. The lobby in favour of AFSPA is simply too strong. How can Mamata even consider changing the situation at her level,” Bhadra asked.

Chhoton Das, who was a mediator between the government and the Maoists till Kishanji’s death, remarked that politicians seldom keep their promises. “Many of the statements made by politicians before elections seem to be very positive. At the end of the day, none of the commitments are kept. There is no exception to this. This has become a rule in this country. Politicians have a consistent record so far as breaking of promises is concerned,” he said.

Bhadra pointed out that Mamata had done nothing to release those detained under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act in Bengal. “During a meeting with us, the chief minister said that she would not be able to withdraw the joint forces from Jangalmahal but she promised to release the UAPA detainees. Though the crackdown under this Act has stopped, none of the detainees have been releases yet. In December, we sent a fresh list of people falsely implicated under this Act but the government didn’t take any action,” he said.

On Republic Day, Kabir Suman had criticized Mamata for drawing a parallel between her 26-day fast during the Singur agitation and Irom Sharmila’s epic 10-year fast against AFSPA in Manipur. “The fact is the state government neither forced her (Mamata) to break her strike nor arrested her. On the other hand, Irom Sharmila was arrested by the Army in the beginning and then she was forced to eat by using tubes,” Suman wrote in his blog.

The singer-composer pointed out that Sharmila’s name never once came up during Mamata’s fast at Esplanade. Kabir Suman goes on to criticize Mamata’s failure in withdrawing joint forces from Jangalmahal. In fact, most of his blogs in the last few months have gone against Mamata. He has written not only against the police firing at Mograhat that killed two persons but also composed a song for the farmers who have committed suicide due to debt.

‘No one can usurp right to protest’

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has already barred the police from having unions or going on rallies. The move is now being extended to all state government employees.

The new administration is invoking the long-forgotten clauses of the rule book that bar government employees from joining a political party. It will amend the rules to overturn a circular issued by the erstwhile Left Front government in 1981 that gave government employees the right to association.

“The (1981) amendment was done despite other sections categorically ruling out a government employee’s association with a political party. Our amendment will re-establish the important rule that applies to the whole country,” labour minister Purnendu Bose said.

“Earlier, government employees were affiliated with Intuc, which was not a political party even though it was run by the Congress. Later, INTTUC gave affiliation to government employees despite being an offshoot of the Trinamool Congress. INTTUC’s status is clearly defined in our party’s constitution. We need to address these grey areas,” Bose said.

It seemed the only person who was expecting the “unprecedented decision” was Ananta Bandyopadhyay, general secretary of the CPM-backed Coordination Committee. “The Left Front had created history by granting trade union rights to government employees. We knew that a government run by any other party would repeal the rule.” Bandyopadhyay has promised to launch the customary protest, though. He shrugged: “No one can usurp our right to protest. We are not waiting for any government to give us the right or snatch it from us.”

But Samir Majumdar, secretary of the Trinamool-affiliated union, was outraged. “We vehemently condemn the decision. Our trade union rights can’t be stifled this way. The former government, though, granting the right in pen and paper, had tried to unnerve us many times. We demand that this government repeal the decision, or we shall launch a protest,” he said.

Writers’ employees apprehend more such “unprecedented decisions”. Some of them recall how a panel of judges had imposed severe penalties on hundreds of government employees in Tamil Nadu after the Jayalalitha-led AIADMK government accused them of misconduct during a statewide strike in July 2003. The government had acted under the Tamil Nadu Essential Services Maintenance Act (TESMA) and the panel was set up in the wake of the government’s sacking 200,000 employees to crush the general strike.

The state labour minister, however, assured that the Bengal government is “not trying to curb anybody’s rights”. We are only trying to remove the dichotomy within the service rules. We are truly pro-employee, and are keen to solve issues through dialogue rather than the agitation,” he said.

Biswajit Bhattacharya, general secretary of another Trinamool-backed union, the United State Government’s Employee’s Federation, appeared on the same page with the labour minister. “The Left Front government had allowed us trade union rights though it is not due to us. But it used the Coordination Committee to curb any kind of opposition-led protest. The employee and the employer can never be friends. The employer will continue to deprive and we shall resort to protest.”

The government will also seek to know the total membership of organizations, invoking labour rules that don’t acknowledge an organization with less than 20,000 members as a central trade union.

Alumni concerns revealed in Presidency magazine

KOLKATA: After the initial euphoria about the high-profile mentor group that will steer the fledgling Presidency University towards excellence, it is time to introspect. At least noted alumni of the institution have started analyzing the situation as it is and after having done that, are trying to suggest ways in which the institution can move towards a common goal – excellence.

The Autumn Annual, which is a chronicle published by the alumni of the institution on the occasion of its Founder’s Day on January 20, will be replete with such suggestions from contributors this time.

None less than Union minister of state for urban development and a key member of the Trinamool Congress, Saugata Roy, who is an alumnus of the erstwhile college from its physics department, feels that though the mentor group consists of eminent people, they are not quite aware of the ground realities of Presidency University. His piece, ‘Whither Presidency University’, reflects upon the fact that not all that is being done is in order.

“You can call it a critical appreciation of the developments that are taking place at the university. The eminent mentors are all well meaning, but I believe that there is a gap between their perception of the situation and the reality. What the institution immediately needs is an augmented teaching strength,” Roy said.

Perhaps in the same tone, Amitabh Bose, former director of IIM-Calcutta and an alumnus of the college, in his article, ‘Presidency Plus’, has pointed out that it would be difficult to recreate past glory and such an effort would be completely futile. The administration should take up the creation of Presidency University as a completely new project instead of trying to bring back the academic pride of the institution in the ’60s and ’70s, Bose has suggested in his article.

Economist Anup Sinha of IIM-Calcutta has written his piece ‘The Teacher and the Taught’ in the same tone but not as directly. Sinha is not only an alumnus but also taught for a decade at the erstwhile Presidency College. He feels that though the central and state governments and politicians largely have control over education, it is not ideal. “This causes education to be controlled by those who do not understand the business,” Sinha said.

This edition of the Annual is being edited jointly by writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen and statistician Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. The latter agrees that though “stars” have been involved in trying to turn around the institution, there is not much vision or direction.

“The kind of leadership that is required to get the institution to excel is lacking. The vision is kind of nebulous and that is a grave problem.” Mukherjee feels that the postgraduate teaching faculty is not competitive enough in the institution and yet a large number of PG departments have been opened in a hurry. The physical infrastructure is also grossly inadequate, he feels. “The leaders who are trying to steer Presidency University seem to be in a lot of hurry and are not giving the process the time it deserves,” Mukherjee added.

Noted English teacher of Jadavpur University and Presidency alumnus Supriya Chowdhury has not commented on Presidency University at all. Her article, ‘Universities and their Future’, discusses the pending education bills in the light of recommendations by the Knowledge Commission and Yashpal Committee. “I have not suggested anything particular for Presidency. My suggestions are national in nature and can certainly be adapted by Presidency if it has to become an institution of national importance,” Chaudhuri added.

Though removed from the issue of developments in Presidency, alumnus and Union culture secretary Jawhar Sircar has tried to de-romanticize the Naxalite student movement in the erstwhile college when he was a student between 1969 and 1972. In his article, ‘Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish and Short’, a take from ‘The Leviathan’, Sircar says that those who were supposed to be “great leaders” are all leading capitalist lives in America.

Cong protested Basu stay at Indira Bhavan: PCC chief

KOLKATA: The state Congress threat to launch a statewide agitation against the government triggered a stern response from chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who said Congress and CPM were working together to oppose Trinamool Congress and her government.

“Some people in Congress are carrying out a campaign on the Indira Bhavan issue. They are blocking roads and railway tracks daily and abusing me daily. But I have not uttered anything against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Sonia Gandhi. Congress men are now agitating, but they were silent when the house was used as a CPM party office when Jyoti Basu was staying there,” Mamata said.

Pradesh Congress chief Pradip Bhattacharya said Congress had protested Basu’s stay at Indira Bhavan, too, citing an instance when a demonstration had led to a police lathicharge.

Mamata clarified she hadn’t announced a renaming. “I have never said anything on renaming Indira Bhavan. It was grossly misinterpreted. I want a research centre dedicated to Kazi Nazrul enabling those interested to come and pursue research on the poet,” she said.

But ties between the allies may touch new depths in the next few days with Congress planning a demonstration against the agri-price rise affecting rural Bengal. Bhattacharya set the tone for a showdown, accusing Kolkata Police of trying to prevent the demonstration. “We don’t do anything unlawfully but, if police try to stop us, they should also face the consequences,” he said.

Allies bicker over Indira Bhavan name change

KOLKATA: The undercurrents of tension were always there. But for the first time since the new government was formed six months ago, the Congress-Trinamool Congress face off has come out in the open.

The latest issue is changing the name of Indira Bhavan into Nazrul Bhavan where a museum and research work of the revolutionary poet will be housed. After two days of protests organised by Congress across the state, urban development minister Firhad Hakim on Friday accused the party of creating trouble and “strengthening the CPM”.

According to Hakim, “What Congress is doing is unfortunate. For 34 years, nothing was done on Nazrul. Mamata Banerjee is trying to do something to honour him and the Congress is opposing it.” According to Hakim, the poet’s family has appreciated the government’s initiative.

Hakim also took offence at the outburst of Murshidabad Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury against the district Trinamool on Thursday. Hakim said: “A leader in Murshidabad will talk of criminalization and we have to go on listening to it? Who is a bigger criminal that him?”

Hakim said the Congress was running the government at the Centre because of the support from Trinamool. “People are with us, we don’t want assurance from anyone else,” he said.

On Thursday, Adhir had said that the Congress should pull out of the government in Bengal due to the Trinamool’s “efforts to push them aside”. To this, Hakim said “Trinamool will not lose if the Congress pulled out of the government, but if the Trinamool pulled out of the government at the Centre, the Congress would be in trouble”.

This has prompted political observers to read between the lines and look at how it may mean that the Trinamool may be having a long-term agenda in mind. Hakim is known to be close to the CM and the press conference was held at her insistence, say insiders.

The comments drew sharp reaction from Congress leader and minister Manas Bhunia. “In democracy, anyone can speak his mind. But there should be some etiquette and restraint and a ‘Lakhsmanrekha’. No one should take advantage of democracy to cross it.”

Congress became touchy over the issue that a building named after Indira Gandhi, where the Congress leader and former Prime Minister stayed, could get another name. On Friday, too, two demonstrations were held in front of Writers’ Buildings.

Hakim said “prior to the elections, all political parties quote Nazrul to say, ‘mora eki brinte duti kusum Hindu Musalman’, but when elections are over, forget all about the minorities and also about Nazrul.” He said Trinamool was respectful towards Indira Gandhi and naming the house Nazrul Bhawan did not mean that Indira Gandhi’s name would be wiped away.

According to Bhuniya, “I have informed the matter to Shakil Ahmed, and he is observing the whole issue. The CM can take a decision, she is the head of the government. However, I told her about the sentiments of Congress workers while returning from Murshidabad.”

Bhunia added that he had spoken to Mamata “and told her to consider the matter”. “The CM said that nowhere had she mentioned that the name Indira Bhavan would be changed even if the bungalow housed the Nazrul museum,” said Bhunia.