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Business Standard
a day ago
- Politics
- Business Standard
Will send BJP to detention camps post 2026 assembly polls: TMC's Abhishek
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee claimed that after the 2026 Bengal Assembly polls, it is the BJP that will be electorally 'sent to detention camps and wiped out' from the state Press Trust of India Kolkata TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday tore into the BJP, branding it a 'Bangla-Birodhi' party, alleging that it wants to send Bengalis to detention camps. He also claimed that after the 2026 Bengal Assembly polls, it is the BJP that will be electorally "sent to detention camps and wiped out" from the state. The BJP wants to take Bengalis to detention camps. I want to tell them clearly after the 2026 elections, it is you whom we will send to the detention camps, the TMC national general secretary said, addressing TMC's Martyrs' Day rally. Claiming that the BJP is a Bangla-Birodhi party (anti-Bengal party), Banerjee alleged that it has consistently targeted Bengalis for speaking their mother tongue. Just because we speak Bengali, we are being targeted. Why doesn't the BJP take action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his continuous attacks on the Bengali language? It shows their true colours, he asked. Banerjee said that if required, TMC MPs would speak in Bengali in Parliament in the ongoing session. Let the BJP try to stop us. If needed, we will speak in Bengali inside Parliament during this session and see if they dare silence our voice, he added.
Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
We will send BJP to detention camps after 2026 Bengal assembly polls, claims TMC's Abhishek Banerjee
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday tore into the BJP, branding it a 'Bangla-Birodhi' party, alleging that it wants to send Bengalis to detention camps . He also claimed that after the 2026 Bengal Assembly polls , it is the BJP that will be electorally "sent to detention camps and wiped out" from the state. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Select a Course Category Technology Finance healthcare Cybersecurity others MBA Operations Management Leadership Management Product Management Design Thinking Data Science CXO PGDM MCA Public Policy Digital Marketing Project Management Others Skills you'll gain: Duration: 12 Weeks MIT xPRO CERT-MIT XPRO Building AI Prod India Starts on undefined Get Details "The BJP wants to take Bengalis to detention camps. I want to tell them clearly - after the 2026 elections, it is you whom we will send to the detention camps," the TMC national general secretary said, addressing the TMC's Martyrs' Day rally here. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Co-live Units Starting from 42L+ | Whitefield Sumadhura Learn More Undo Claiming that the BJP is a " Bangla-Birodhi party " (anti-Bengal party), Banerjee alleged that it has consistently targeted Bengalis for speaking their mother tongue. "Just because we speak Bengali, we are being targeted. Why doesn't the BJP take action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his continuous attacks on the Bengali language? It shows their true colours," he asked. Live Events Banerjee said that if required, TMC MPs would speak in Bengali in Parliament in the ongoing session. "Let the BJP try to stop us. If needed, we will speak in Bengali inside Parliament during this session and see if they dare silence our voice," he said. "They won 77 seats last time. In 2026, we will bring them down and wipe them out electorally. From Diamond Harbour, I had predicted they would be reduced to under 50 seats, mark my words, it will happen," Banerjee said at the rally. The Diamond Harbour MP claimed that he does not go by predictions but by people's voices. "I don't make predictions. I analyse. I trust the people of Bengal and their sentiments. And this (central) government is torturing people," he alleged. Banerjee quipped, "Earlier they used to say 'Jai Shri Ram', now they are saying 'Jai Ma Durga', 'Jai Ma Kali'. Mark my words, in ten months, they will start saying 'Joy Bangla'." He credited Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for first branding the BJP as 'Bangla-Birodhi' (anti-Bengal). "This was not a political slogan, it is the truth for the BJP," he added.
India Today
11-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Anti-Bengali agenda: Mamata Banerjee slams BJP over Delhi's Vasant Kunj eviction
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has strongly criticised the reported eviction of residents from Jai Hind Colony in Delhi's Vasant Kunj, alleging targeted harassment of Bengali-speaking her concerns on social media, Banerjee said she was "deeply disturbed" by the developments and vowed to raise the issue at every possible claimed the colony, predominantly inhabited by Bengali migrant workers who helped build the city through unorganised labour, has faced severe action by the BJP-led "Water supply was reportedly cut off, electricity meters confiscated, and power abruptly cut the day before yesterday," Mamata Banerjee wrote on X. Residents, she said, also alleged that Delhi Police, supported by RAF personnel, blocked private water tankers that had been paid for by the the eviction 'forced' and 'illegal' since the matter remains sub judice, Banerjee slammed the BJP government, questioning how a democratic republic could justify the denial of basic rights like shelter, water, and electricity. She said this action follows a similar "transgression" by Delhi Police in Trinamool Congress leader further accused the BJP of exporting its "Bangla-Birodhi" (anti-Bengali) agenda beyond West Bengal.'Bengalis are being treated as infiltrators in BJP-ruled states,' she wrote, citing disturbing reports of persecution of Bengali-speaking citizens in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh - and now Delhi.'Speaking Bengali does not make one Bangladeshi,' Mamata added, asserting that Bengali-speaking citizens deserve equal dignity and protection across the the over 1.5 crore migrant workers from Bengal who live outside the state, she declared that Bengal stands in solidarity with "every oppressed voice" and will not remain silent while its people are treated as remarks follow similar concerns raised earlier by RJD MP Manoj Jha on the issue.- EndsMust Watch
New Indian Express
20-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Calcutta HC stays Mamata govt's financial relief scheme for non-teaching staff who lost jobs after SC order
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered an interim stay till September 26 on the West Bengal government's financial scheme to provide interim relief for Group C & D non-teaching employees in state-aided schools, who had recently lost their jobs following the Supreme Court order on April 3. Justice Amrita Sinha in the interim order prohibited the state from implementing the scheme till September 26 or until further orders. Earlier, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced a monthly honorarium of Rs 25,000 and Rs 20,000 for some 5,000-odd Group C and D non-teaching employees in state-aided schools who had lost their jobs after the apex court's ruling. The Calcutta High Court's order is related to the West Bengal government's notification providing monthly interim relief of Rs 25,000 and Rs 20,000 respectively to them. Justice Sinha on Friday directed the petitioners to file affidavits within four weeks. The West Bengal government will file an affidavit in reply within a fortnight thereafter before the petition comes up for the next hearing. The waitlisted candidates had filed the petition in the High Court urging for a stay on the state government's relief scheme arguing that the scheme 'frustrated' the Supreme Court order. Reacting to the High Court order, the Trinamool Congress attacked the opposition parties and labelled them as 'real enemies of people of Bengal'. The party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, 'After the Supreme Court's order, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee extended an interim financial allowance to the affected Group-C and Group-D workers. But the Bangla-Birodhi brigade (anti-Bengal brigade) ran to the Calcutta High Court and got it struck down.' He further added, 'They won't help the people, and they won't let anyone else help either. They are enemies of Bengal. Enemies of our people. Plain and simple.'
