Dey had made the proposal in the wake of Bengali receiving the distinction of a classical language by the Centre on October 3, along with Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit.KMC Mayor Firhad Hakim, too, had earlier said he will urge private advertising agencies and shops to use Bengali in their signage.”I have nothing against the use of Hindi, English or other languages in banners, festoons, signages and such modes of communication. But, Bengali should also be there along with the others,” Hakim had said.In a similar move by the KMC in 2007, the then Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya had issued notices to make shop owners mandatorily use Bengali along with other languages in signboards, but it did not materialise.
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