Tag: Bengalis

Kali Bari literally means Goddess Kali’s abode or house. In the name of Kali Bari Samiti, there are committees across the nation, associated with Bengalis.

Kanchrapara (WB): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday insisted that those living in West Bengal will have to learn to speak in Bengali as she accused the BJP of targeting Bengalis and minorities to replicate the “Gujarat model” to capture power in the state. She said she would never allow the BJP to turn West Bengal […]

Coochbehar(WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday hit out at the BJP-ruled government at the Centre for trying to introduce the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the ongoing winter session of Parliament calling it a “trap to exclude Bengalis and Hindus” and expressed her stiff opposition to it. Banerjee, who has been one of […]

Kolkata: Parties cutting across the political divide in West Bengal on Thursday evoked Bengali sub-nationalism, asserting that the “vilification campaign” against actor Rhea Chakraborty “proved” Bengalis are a soft target of the BJP, which is looking to cash in on this narrative ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls. Bengali sub-nationalism is also slowly emerging as […]