West Bengal: Mamata announces monthly allowance, free housing for Brahmin priests ahead of polls

We had earlier provided land to the Sanatan Brahmin sect to set up an academy at Kolaghat. Many priests in this sect are financially weak. We have decided to help them by providing them with an allowance of Rs 1,000 per month and also free housing under the state government’s housing scheme,” as per said by Banerjee.

She gave the congratulations to the people on Hindi Diwas, she also said that her government gives respect to all languages and does not have a linguistic bias. They respect all languages. They have decided to form a new Hindi Academy. They have also decided to set up a Dalit Sahitya Academy. Dalits’ languages have an influence on the Bengali language,” she told the reporters.

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News source: Times of India

Update by Bidisha Roy Choudhury