Earlier, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee additionally accused the BJP governments in numerous states of selectively focusing on the “Bengali-speaking individuals”. File
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (June 25, 2025) claimed that residents of the State talking of their native Bengali are being branded as Bangladeshis in some BJP-ruled states.
“Is it a criminal offense to talk in Bengali… Individuals of Bangladesh converse in Bengali, which is a unique nation… Even Indians who’ve legitimate paperwork, but when they’re discovered talking in Bengali, they’re being branded Bangladeshi and being detained… Right this moment additionally I had obtained experiences that 300 to 400 individuals from the State are being detained in Rajasthan,” Ms. Banerjee advised journalists at her chamber within the West Bengal Meeting.
The Chief Minister mentioned such detentions are being performed in BJP dominated states and on some events the residents of West Bengal are being “pushed again” in Bangladesh. Ms. Banerjee mentioned that Bengali is a recognised language as per the Structure of India and the language of Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda, amongst different luminaries. “I feel Prime Minister Narendra Modi shouldn’t be conscious of this growth. I’ll draw his consideration,” she mentioned.
This isn’t the primary time that the West Bengal Chief Minister has accused the BJP governments in numerous states for selectively focusing on the “Bengali talking individuals”. Final week Ms. Banerjee had mentioned on the ground of the Home that BJP dominated states have been discriminating towards residents of the State on account of the individuals talking in Bengali.
“Regardless of having all authorized paperwork. Bengalis are being pushed to Bangladesh. If anybody speaks Bengali, do they turn out to be Bangladeshi? That is occurring in each state that has double engine governments,” she had mentioned on June 16, 2025.
Earlier this month not less than seven migrant staff of the State have been allegedly picked up by police in Maharashtra and pushed again to Bangladesh by the Border Safety Pressure (BSF). The migrants have been repatriated to the State after the intervention of State authorities officers.
The Chief Minister mentioned that round 22 lakh migrant staff from Bengal are at the moment employed in different states whereas about 1.5 crore individuals from different states are working in West Bengal.
“However we are able to by no means think about taking such steps which fits towards the spirit of pluralism of India. What if such steps are taken towards migrants from different states right here for talking their mom tongue? Is talking Bengali thought of sacrilegious by BJP-ruled regimes?” Ms. Banerjee requested.
In accordance with experiences the migrant staff from West Bengal, which the Chief Minister was referring to are allegedly being detained at Bhiwandi in Rajasthan. Itahar MLA Mosarraf Hossain mentioned that a lot of the staff who’re detained in Rajasthan are from his constituency and he has been getting repeated telephone calls from staff. The MLA mentioned that each one the employees have furnished paperwork and particulars of their id.
Revealed – June 25, 2025 05:25 am IST
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