Keeping the pre-poll promises she made to Muslims, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said Urdu would be given second-language status in districts with a 10 per cent or more Urdu-speaking population.
She also declared the restoration of the word “Madrasa” to the name of Aliah University. The Left Front government had dropped the word “Madrasa” when it gave Madrasa Aliah the status of a university. The Muslims had voiced their strong displeasure over the decision but the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government had remained unmoved.