“If needed, we will speak in Bengali in Parliament. We are Bengalis, and we will never bow down,” Abhishek Banerjee said, while addressing the Martyr’s Day rally today. “After 2026, we will make you say ‘Joy Bangla’. We will uproot BJP and Lotus flower. Today, you are compelled to chant ‘Joy Maa Kali, Joy Maa Durga,” Abhishek said.
“The very Durga Puja committees were targeted with Income tax notices. Now see, you are forced to abandon your ‘Jai Shri Ram,’ and utter ‘Joy Maa Kali’ and ‘Joy Maa Durga,” Abhishek said.
Abhishek was hinting at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Joy Maa Kali’ and ‘Joy Maa Durga”, ahead of his public rally on Friday in Durgapur.
Meanwhile, calling BJP “anti-Bengali,” the Trinamool National General Secretary slammed the saffron party and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his comments about the Bengali-speaking population in India, in a recent X Handle post.
“What action was taken against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for saying that speaking in Bengali means a person is Bangladeshi? What has the BJP leadership done about it? What action was taken against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for saying that speaking in Bengali means one is Bangladeshi? What has the BJP leadership done about it?” Abhishek raised questions.“Why are you (BJP) people so angry that we are talking in Bengali, is it because you were defeated in Bengal…?” Abhishek said. “Assam Foreign Tribunal has been used against Bengal. We have been fighting on the issue and brought people back from detention camps, fighting the matter in court.”Abhishek Banerjee dared that Trinamool will reduce the BJP to 26 seats in 2026 assembly polls.
“Our workers are our strength. BJP repeatedly lost to us because of our workers,” Banerjee said, adding,
“Despite having access to immense financial resources, agencies like the ED, CBI, and Income Tax, the Election Commission, and even Pegasus software, the BJP cannot defeat the Trnamool. This is because they lack even a single worker comparable to Trinamool,” he said.
