New Delhi, Dec 11 (PTI) The Centre was on Thursday asked in Parliament whether it would consider declaring an old house in West Bengal associated with the legacy of poet Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay as a "national heritage site", to which the government said, "no such proposal is under consideration".

Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was asked whether it is a fact that the Bankim Bhavan Gaveshana Kendra in Kantalpada, Naihati, built to preserve the heritage of the writer of "the National Song, 'Vande Mataram', has lost its usefulness due to lack of maintenance", and whether the government would consider declaring it a "national heritage site", in view of its significance in the Indian freedom movement.

Shekhawat said the Bankim Bhavan Gaveshana Kendra is an autonomous rese

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