West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday i.e. 14th September, announced a monthly allowance of ₹1,000 and free housing for more than 8,000 poor Mamata Brahmin priests of the state.
CM Mamata Banerjee said, “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 ₹1,000 per month and also free housing under the state government’s housing scheme.”
She told reporters,”We respect all languages. We have decided to form a new Hindi Academy. We have also decided to set up a Dalit Sahitya Academy. Dalits’ languages have influence on the Bengali language.”
