India, Feb. 10 -- A British politician has sparked a row by expressing his ire with a Bengali signboard in London. Rupert Lowe, a member of the Reform UK Party, shared a photograph of a signboard in Bangla script at London's Whitechapel station. The member of parliament for Great Yarmouth criticised the use of Bengali in the UK capital, asserting that signboards should be displayed "in English, and English only."

"This is London - the station name should be in English, and English only," he wrote on X. His photograph shows a signboard in Bengali hanging alongside one written in English.

Lowe's post has reached 3.5 million views on X, where his views on the use of English in public life proved polarising.

Among those who supported his v...