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The BJP, the opposition party in the Indian state of West Bengal, has observed September 20 as “Mother Language Day”. According to a report published by British media on BBC Bangla Online, the party leadership has also launched a strong campaign on social media. Police in riot gear stormed a demonstration on Friday, dislodging hundreds of protesters by truck. Police in riot gear stormed a demonstration on Friday, dislodging hundreds of protesters by truck. Two BJP workers died in the incident; In his memory, this day is remembered as Mother Language Day.
However, many writers and linguists in the state do not agree with the BJP’s argument that the Bengali language is in danger in West Bengal due to the influence of Urdu or Arabic. The ruling Trinamool Congress also believes that the importance of a new day instead of International Language Day on February 21 is nothing more than an attempt to distort history.
According to a BBC Bangla report, in fact, the United Nations has recognized February 21 as International Mother Language Day in memory of the martyrs of the Bahanna language movement in East Pakistan. Additionally, on May 19 each year, various ceremonies are held in West Bengal in memory of the Barak Valley language martyrs in 1971.
However, BJP State Chairman Dilip Ghosh has been campaigning vigorously on Facebook and social media for the past few days. Now, Mother Language Day should be celebrated on September 20. As one reason, he says, two supporters of the Darivit BJP, Tapash Barman and Rajesh Sarkar, were shot dead by police on the same day in protest of Urdu aggression in the state.
West Bengal BJP Chief Spokesperson and Secretary General Sayantan Basu said: “Leftists and congressmen celebrated February 21 as Mother Language Day in this state. That was the case in Bangladesh, this state had nothing to do with it. He said: “Although we are not denying on February 21, the recent incident of the sacrifice of Rajesh-Tapas in Darivit against the imposition of Urdu in the state demands more attention from us.” The fact that water instead of water, rainbow instead of rainbow, sky instead of sky, or fupi instead of PC is happening in West Bengal today, it is understood that the Bengali language! is affected! Our initiative is to raise awareness against this dominance of Urdu and Arabic during the Trinamool era.
Renowned Bengali writer Jaya Mitra believes that no Mother Language Day can be celebrated by attacking any other language. Her question to BBC Bangla was: ‘If it is named as Mother Language Day, what will happen to those whose mother tongue is Urdu in this state? Or those whose mother tongue is Tamil or Hindi, what will happen to them? “Actually celebrating Mother Language Day does not mean hating any other language,” she said.
Kakli Ghoshdastidar, a high-ranking MP and spokesman for Trinamool’s ruling Congress in the state, says that celebrating Mother Language Day on a new date is actually part of an old BJP strategy. In his words, ‘The way the BJP has entered the game of changing history, is also an attempt. They are even naming social projects in the name of Gandhi after people who follow their own ideology. The same happens with the launch of Language Day ”.
Kakli Ghosh Dastidar claims that none of the top leaders of the BJP, a party in the Hindi belt, is Bengali and that the party has not developed any spiritual relationship with Bengal. He told BBC Bangla: ‘They came to Bengal and left with speeches in Hindi or Gujarati; West Bengal people don’t like it at all. Why not reach the hearts of the people with their language, customs, rituals that they have not yet learned. That is why half the people do not understand your speech. But because they have a lot of money, they have been able to dish out a lot of money in the Lok Sabha elections. And now the Bengalis are trying to stimulate the emotions to find ground under their feet in the state.
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