ONL Bureau : Claiming that Bengali-speaking people from the state were being branded as Bangladeshis in some BJP-ruled states, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said this cannot be allowed.
Banerjee told reporters in her Assembly chamber that she has information that 300-400 Bengali-speaking migrant labourers were confined in a building in Rajasthan during the day despite showing valid documents.
"Is it a crime to speak in Bangla, the language of Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda among other luminaries. I think Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not aware of this development. I will draw his attention," she said.
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