Mamata Banerjee says ‘those living in West Bengal will have to learn to speak Bengali’
Mamata Banerjee.
Trinamool Congress leader and chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, on Friday, said those living in the state will have to learn to speak Bengali, and that non-Bengalis will have to face consequences if they continue to target Bengali-speaking people.
Banerjee, while talking to TMC workers at Kanchrapara in North 24 Parganas district, said, “We have to bring Bengal forward. When I go to Bihar, UP, Punjab, I speak in their language. If someone is living in Bengal, he or she has to learn Bengali.”
In a veiled attack to the BJP, Banerjee said, “I will not tolerate criminals who stay in Bengal and roam around on bikes. Police will take action against them. If non-Bengalis continue to target Bengali-speaking people, then will people of Bengal keep quiet? We don’t want to drive out people from here like Biharis were driven out from Maharashtra and Gujarat. But how long will they tolerate if you live in Bengal and scare Bengalis? I will not tolerate this.”
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