West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday (August 3, 2025) targeted the Bengali language as ‘Bangladeshi National Language’ in an alleged letter on Delhi Police. He alleged that it is derogatory, anti-national and unconstitutional. In fact, this letter related to the investigation of a case under the Foreign Act was written to the officer in charge of the official guest house (Bang Bhavan) of the State Government in the national capital.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief described the central government as anti-Bengali and urged everyone to protest against such an anti-constitutional language to humiliate the Bangla-speaking people of the country.
CM Mamta Banerjee targeted the Union Home Ministry
Sharing a copy of the letter, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a post on her Facebook account, “Look, now how Delhi Police is describing Bangla as Bangladeshi language under the direct control of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India.” He said, “Bangla is not only his mother tongue, but has also been the language of Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda. Bangla is the language in which the national anthem of India (Jana Gana Mana composed by Tagore) and the national song Vande Mataram composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay were both written.
Banerjee said, “Bangla is the language in which crores of Indians speak and write, the language which is recognized by the Constitution of India is now being described as Bangladeshi language!”
TMC Claimed in post on X
Earlier in the day, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) posted a letter from its X account, which claimed that the police officer in charge of the investigation wrote a letter to Bang Bhawan in the national capital demanded a translator for the Bangladeshi national language after the arrest of eight people, because the arrested people are suspected of illegally entering India from neighboring country.
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