New Delhi [India], August 3 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya on Sunday launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after she alleged that the Delhi Police had referred to Bengali as a "Bangladeshi language" in an official letter.
Malviya accused Banerjee of politicising the matter and defending illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators by using language as an emotional trigger.
In a post on X, Amit Malviya wrote, "It is beyond shameful that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is defending a lawful police action against illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators by weaponising language and stoking sentiment."
https://x.com/amitmalviya/status/1952004640255418804
"Let us be absolutely clear: all illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators and Rohingyas will be dealt with strictly, as per the law of the land. No political grandstanding or vote-bank politics will come in the way of protecting India's sovereignty and national security. Of all people, Mamata Banerjee should know this," he added.
Earlier in the day, CM Banerjee accused the Delhi Police of describing Bengali as a "Bangladeshi language", calling it scandalous, anti-national and unconstitutional.
Sharing a letter by Delhi Police on X, Banerjee wrote, "See now how Delhi police under the direct control of the Ministry of Home, Government of India, is describing Bengali as 'Bangladeshi' language! Bengali, our mother tongue, the language of Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda, the language in which our National Anthem and the National Song (the latter by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay) are written, the language in which crores of Indians speak and write, the language which is sanctified and recognised by the Constitution of India, is now described as a Bangladeshi language!!"
She called the act 'scandalous' and urged everyone to strongly protest against the government for disrespecting Bengali-speaking people.
"Scandalous, insulting, anti-national, unconstitutional!! This insults all Bengali-speaking people of India. They cannot use this kind of language which degrades and debases us all. We urge immediate strongest possible protests from all against the anti-Bengali Government of India who are using such anti-Constitutional language to insult and humiliate the Bengali-speaking people of India," the post read.