Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of ‘linguistic terrorism’ against Bengalis

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of unleashing “linguistic terrorism” against Bengalis, PTI reported.

The Trinamool Congress chief said that the battle to protect the Bengali language and identity would continue until the BJP was ousted from both the state and the Centre. “If linguistic profiling does not stop, the resistance movement will reach Delhi,” she said.

Banerjee was speaking at a Martyrs’ Day rally held by the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata, where she called for support to defeat the BJP in the 2026 Assembly elections in the state and also remove it from power in Delhi.

Her remarks come amid Indian authorities pursuing a policy over the past month to “push” individuals claimed to be undocumented migrants into Bangladesh. Many of those forced out of the country claim that they are Indian citizens.

Reports of migrant workers from West Bengal living in BJP-ruled states, including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Delhi, being detained and deported under allegations that they were Bangladeshi citizens have also emerged.

At the rally on Monday, the chief minister claimed that Bengalis in BJP-ruled states were being harassed, detained and removed from voter rolls.

She also announced the launch of a movement from July 27 against what she described as “the BJP’s terrorism” against the Bengali language.

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