Prominent among the demonstrators are Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs, including Yusuf Pathan, a former cricketer and current MP for Murshidabad, alongside Jaya Bachchan from the Samajwadi Party (SP). They protested to highlight the importance of preserving and promoting the Bengali language
Following West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose asking for a report from the state government on the attack on West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari's convoy, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh claimed that the attack was reaction due to people's anger over atrocities being committed on th
The Chief Minister alleged that the 'double engine government' is trying to push citizens into detention by falsely branding them as Rohingyas and attempting to push them back into Bangladesh.
In his notice, Tagore claimed that the official police report referred to Bengali as "Bangladeshi language", instead of recognising it as Bangla, a constitutionally recognised language under the Eighth Schedule in the Indian Constitution.
Doubling down on her claim of harassment of Bengali-speaking migrants in the BJP-ruled States, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) notices are being issued to legitimate Indian citizens simply because they are from her State.
This comes after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Delhi Police of describing Bengali as a "Bangladeshi language", calling it scandalous, anti-national and unconstitutional.
"The arrogance of the BJP blinds them to the dehumanisation of the Bengali people of West Bengal and Northeast India. Today, the BJP IT cell insults the Bengali language spoken by lakhs of people in Tripura, Meghalaya and the Barak Valley of Assam," Gogoi, Assam Congress chief, posted on X.
"The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as a 'Bangladeshi language.' This is a direct insult to the very language in which our National Anthem was written. Such statements are not inadvertent errors or slips. They expose the dark mindset of a regime that consi
"Mamata Banerjee's reaction to Delhi Police referring to the language used by infiltrators as 'Bangladeshi' is not just misplaced, it is dangerously inflammatory. Nowhere in the Delhi Police letter is Bangla or Bengali described as a 'Bangladeshi' language. To claim otherwise and call upo
On Sunday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Delhi Police of describing Bengali as a "Bangladeshi language", calling it "scandalous", "anti-national" and "unconstitutional".
Demanding accountability, Banerjee called for the immediate suspension of the investigating officer concerned and sought a public apology from the Delhi Police, the BJP, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.