Calcutta, July 27 :    Calcutta, July 27:  If Bush can name a cat India, Indians can name a cat Bush. The Left proved the point a couple of days ago in front of the American Center in the city. That might have been the end of the story: with India purring in Washington, and Bush meowing in Calcutta. But the Congress, never quite known for its America-bashing, came up with the idea of naming a public toilet in Esplanade after the White House. Congress chief whip Abdul Mannan made the proposal in the Assembly today, amid thumping applause. 'If George Bush can name his pet cat after India, we can name the Esplanade lavatory after the White House, where he lives,' Mannan said. Almost all Opposition MLAs, including those from the Trinamul Congress, applauded the proposal. Even some from the treasury benches joined in, CPM legislator Rabin Deb and RSP member Tapan Hore among them. 'Bush has disregarded our country and its people by naming his cat after India. He must get a proper reply,' Deb said. 'We should tell the US president that the people of India haven't lost their self-respect,'' he added. This is the latest among a series of protests that started soon after Mumbai BJP president Vinod Tawde accidentally found out the name of Bush's cat on the White House website. The BJP picked the US consulate in Mumbai to lodge its protest. Then the Left chose the American Center and a stray cat. The Congress, with its proposal, seems to have scored a political point as well by winning over the Left. But India, purring at White House, couldn't be bothered about the White House in India.