Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:56pm on 07 Aug 2025,Thursday India
A major controversy erupted after the Delhi Police referred to Bengali (Bangla) as the “Bangladeshi national language” in a letter seeking translation help for a document. The remark sparked widespread backlash from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), with leaders like Mamata Banerjee and Mahua Moitra slamming it as an insult to Indian Bengalis and their linguistic identity. TMC demanded an apology from the Home Ministry, calling the language mislabeling “anti-national” and “unconstitutional.” The backlash drew support from political parties like Congress, DMK, CPI-ML, and prominent Bengali artists defending Bangla as India’s rich cultural treasure.
