Mamta teased ‘second language movement’ from Tagore’s land, said- cannot forget her identity and mother tongue

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee protested in Bolpur against alleged attacks on Bengali migrants in other states. He clearly said that you can forget everything, but you should not forget your ‘identity’, mother tongue, motherland. He said that I am not against any language, I believe that unity in diversity is the foundation of our nation. He said that if we can give shelter to 1.5 crore migrant workers in Bengal, then why can’t you accept 22 lakh Bengali migrants working in other states.

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Filled with emotions and symbols, this protest march started from the ‘Tourist Lodge’ intersection and ended at the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore at the Jamboni bus stand by covering a distance of three kilometers. Mamta, holding a picture of Tagore in hand, led the rally, greeting the crowd standing on both sides of the road. Party workers sang Pratul Mukhopadhyay’s prestigious protest song “Ami Banglay Gaan Gai”, while women wearing white and red saris played conch shells, which filled the color of a specific Bengali culture in the rally.

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Mamta was wearing her well-known cotton saree and the traditional scarf of Vishwabharati in Santiniketan. He was accompanied by senior Trinamool leader and minister. Political analysts believe that the selection of Tagore’s land and the cultural center of Bengal Bolpur reflects a deep symbolic significance. Mamta had appealed to Trinamool activists to be ready for a new movement from July 28 last week and called it a second ‘movement’, which is similar to the historic protest of 1952 in Dhaka (then in East Pakistan), where students sacrificed their lives demanding Bangla to recognize Bangla as the official of Pakistan.