Kolkata, July 19 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has condemned what she described as a "divisive agenda" being pursued by the BJP in Assam, accusing the ruling party of persecuting Bengali-speaking citizens for asserting their linguistic identity.

In a sharply worded statement on X, Mamata said, "The second most spoken language in the country, Bangla, is also the second most spoken language of Assam. To threaten citizens who want to coexist peacefully, respecting all languages and religions, with persecution for upholding their own mother tongue is discriminatory and unconstitutional. This divisive agenda of the BJP in Assam has crossed all limits, and people of Assam will fight back."

She added her support for those stand...