Wish India Flourishes Without Language Terror: Mamata Guv Hopeful About Resolution of Alleged Attacks on Bengali-Speaking Migrants

PTI, KOLKATA, AUG 8, 2025 :  Amid protests over alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrants in BJP-ruled states, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday referred to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and wished that the country flourished without the "terror of language".

Mamata also hoped that people would wake up in an India where "Rabindranath's language, Bengali, receives respect, dignity, and the love of all citizens".

"I offer my reverence at the feet of the world poet Rabindranath Tagore. He resides in our hearts in every living moment. He is the poet of our soul, and I invoke him today from the depths of my heart. He is our guardian and our guiding light," the Chief Minister posted on X.

Mamata made her comments on a day that marks Tagore's 84th death anniversary, which, according to the Bengali calendar, falls on the 22nd day of Shravan.

"Every day is a day of remembrance in his memory. We remember the poet and celebrate him throughout the year and day and night."

"May that nation awaken where Rabindranath's language, Bengali, receives respect, dignity, and the love of all citizens. May that nation flourish where there is no terror of language," the Chief Minister said.

Meanwhile, in the backdrop of alleged incidents of attacks on Bengali-speaking migrants working in BJP-ruled states, Governor C. V. Ananda Bose on Friday expressed hope that the matter would be sorted out satisfactorily.

"This is an issue which has received national attention. We are a mature democracy. We will be able to sort out such issues in a satisfactory manner. The process is on...," Bose told newspersons when asked about recent incidents of alleged torture of Bengalis in BJP-ruled states.