Jamshedpur, April 9: Rosogollas and doi, the favourite sweet delicacies of Bengalis during any celebrations, would be served to chief minister Arjun Munda when he visits the city on Poila Baishak — the Bengali new year.

The Bengalis of the city have planned a “red carpet welcome” for their VIP guest at Netaji Subash ground on April 15, when Munda arrives in the evening to take part in the Poila Baishak celebrations.

“We would be felicitating Munda for not only becoming the chief minister but also for creating a history of sorts by becoming the first person from the city to hold the post,” chairman of the city-based Bango Bhasi Co-ordination Committee Bikash Mukherjee told The Telegraph today. He added that Munda would address the gathering after being felicitated.

The Bango Bhasi Co-ordination Committee was floated in the first week of March with the support of nearly 50 social, cultural and non-political organisations of the city and its adjoining areas. A delegation of the members of the committee called on the chief minister recently at Ranchi and Munda agreed to grace the occasion.

Mukherjee said the committee would be present some of the demands of the Bengali speaking community of the state before the chief minister during the felicitation programme.

The committee has already thought of some of the vital issues that would be placed before the chief minister.

“We hope Munda would be able to do something positive in this regard. Issues like paucity of Bengali-speaking teachers, text books, non-promotion of the language by the state government and non-representation of any Bengali-speaking person in the state’s minority committee would be presented before Munda,” Mukherjee said.

There is paucity of teachers to guide the students in Bengali. Even text books in Bengali are not easily available. “It is not surprising that Bengali medium students are faring badly in a state like ours where over 30 percent of the population is Bengali speaking,” Mukherjee said. s

The committee also regretted that the not even one person from the Bengali speaking community has been included in the state minority commission.

“In undivided Bihar this community was always given representation in the minority commission. But after the formation of Jharkhand the community has no representation in the minority commission. We feel it is discrimination against the Bengali community,” the committee members said.