Kolkata, Jan. 12 -- Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, while paying respects to Swami Vivekananda on his 164th birth anniversary, vowed to "bring back the state's fame and rejuvenate its culture" by removing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in the upcoming state assembly elections.

Reminiscing about the time when great figures like Vivekananda, Rabindranath, Ram Mohan used to be on this land, he criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for being a "file chor, coal chor" and being associated for such scams.

"People like Vivekananda, Rabindranath, Ram Mohan used to roam on this land, now file chor, coal chor is roaming this land. Why because the atmosphere is such, now it is high time to rejuvenate the culture of Bengal. We have to ...