US EditionMartyrs Day Rally: BJP Unleashing ‘Linguistic Terrorism’ on Bengalis, Mamata Banerjee Says
WEST BENGAL, JUL 21 – Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of linguistic terrorism against Bengalis and migrant harassment in multiple states, launching weekend protests from July 27 targeting voter suppression ahead of 2026 polls.
- On Monday, July 21, 2025, the leader of the Trinamool Congress, Mamata Banerjee, spoke at the party’s Martyrs' Day rally in Kolkata, accusing the BJP of perpetrating linguistic oppression against Bengali people and reporting that over 1,000 Bengali-speaking migrants have been detained in states governed by the BJP.
- Banerjee accused the BJP and the Election Commission of planning to implement Bihar’s special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal and criticized Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for intervening in West Bengal’s matters by issuing notices to its residents.
- She declared that starting July 27, a movement would be launched to oppose the BJP’s actions against the Bengali language and cultural identity, emphasizing that protests would carry on until the BJP is removed from power; at the same event, Abhishek Banerjee asserted with resolve that Bengalis would stand firm and not submit.
- Traffic restrictions were imposed in central Kolkata on July 21 from 4 am to 9 pm to accommodate the rally, which highlighted issues including the forced deportation and detention of Bengali-speaking people, with experts criticizing these policies as violations of international law.
- The rally underscored deepening political tensions and foreshadowed intensified resistance against the BJP's policies on language and migration ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal.
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