KOLKATA: The state cabinet on Friday passed a resolution to change the name of the state to Bangla in three languages -Bengali, English and Hindi. This is the third time that such a name-change resolution was passed by the state cabinet in the past six years.Earlier in August 2016, the state assembly had made a resolution to change the name of the state to Bangla in Bengali, Bengal in English and Bangal in Hindi. This, however, was rejected by the Centre. “In today's cabinet meeting a decision was taken to send Centre another proposal of changing the state's name to Bangla in all three languages,“ state parliamentary affairs minister Partha Chatterjee said.The earlier proposal was not cleared by the Centre as it suggested three names for the state in three different languages.The home ministry had also sent a note of dissent to the Mamata Banerjee government on this. The Centre wanted that the name of the state should be same in Bengali, English and Hindi languages. However, Nabanna officials are not sure if this time the name Bangla will be accepted by the Centre. An official said that the name Bangla sounds similar to Bangladesh which might trigger confusion.Even academician and linguist Pabitra Sarkar said that the name Bangla can create confusion since it sounds similar to Bangladesh. “In ternational media often mentions Bangladesh as Bangla, so I doubt if this name will be cleared by the Centre.“ Sarkar said that he had suggested the name Bongo and it was also accepted by the CM. Officials recalled that Banerjee too initially had no problem with the name Bongo.When the name-change proposal was passed in the assembly in 2016, Left Front and BJP had objected and Congress had staged a walkout. The CM had stated that the name “Bangla“ goes with the culture of the state.The reason for the government seeking a change in the name of the state is that the proposed name starts with `B' instead of the current `W', so official representatives of the state will not have to wait for their turn to present the state's case in all-India meetings. Erasing the word West from West Bengal will help the state climb up at least 25 places in the list of Indian states. Even, Banerjee had repeatedly mentioned that she had to wait for hours for her turn to speak at the inter-state council meetings in Delhi. Moreover, since the CM is fervently promoting Biswa Bangla as the brand for the state, she wants to get rid of the name Paschim Banga or West Bengal.The state assembly had in 2011 passed a resolution to change the state's name to Paschim Banga both in Bengali and English. A decade ago, in 1999, the Left Front government had passed a resolution to change the name of the state to Bangla.