New Delhi, July 17 -- On Wednesday, 16 July, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee mobilised supporters in Kolkata to protest what she described as the "harassment" of Bengalis in BJP-ruled states. Over the past few months, an increasing number of reports have confirmed Bengali migrant workers have been put under the police radar, their Aadhar checked repeatedly, they asked to furnish documents proving they are legal citizens of India, "You are all Bangladeshi. You are Muslim, speaking Bangla, means you are Bangladeshi"

Last week, Chief Minister of Assam and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leader Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that people writing Bengali as their mother tongue in the census would help identify h...