Mamata Banerjee to Hold Martyrs' Day Rally, Raise Bengali Migrants' Issue in BJP States Ahead of 2026 Kolkata Election
WEST BENGAL, JUL 20 – Mamata Banerjee accused BJP-ruled states of detaining over 1,000 Bengali-speaking migrants and called for rallying Bengali pride ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.
- Mamata Banerjee led the annual Martyrs' Day rally in Kolkata on July 21, commemorating 13 youth activists killed in a 1993 police firing.
- The rally followed rising tensions as Banerjee alleged Bengali-speaking migrants faced detention and linguistic profiling in BJP-ruled states like Maharashtra and Assam.
- Thousands of supporters attended the rally at Esplanade, where Banerjee vowed to oppose the BJP's citizenship politics and defend Bengali pride and rights.
- Banerjee stated nearly 1,000 Bengalis were detained under allegations of being foreigners, while a party MP said, "Our fight is not just electoral-it's existential."
- The rally marked a political campaign launchpad ahead of West Bengal's 2025 Assembly elections, signaling a high-voltage contest over identity and democracy.
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Banerjee's speech touched upon a wide range of issues from NRC notices in West Bengal to the "targeting" of Bengalis in BJP-ruled states, including allegedly putting them in detention camps and attempts to remove their names from electoral rolls. She also accused the BJP of unleashing "linguistic terrorism" on Bengalis, asserting that the fight for identity.
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