Kolkata, July 21 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced the launch of a statewide "language movement" starting July 26, accusing the BJP-led central government and several states ruled by the saffron outfit of targeting the Bengali culture and identity.
Her announcement came during the Trinamool Congress's (TMC) annual Martyrs' Day rally, which drew a massive crowd in Kolkata and carried deep emotional and political undertones.
The 21 July Martyrs' Day rally is held annually by the TMC to commemorate 13 people killed allegedly by West Bengal Police during a 1993 protest by the Youth Congress against the erstwhile Left Front government of Bengal.
Led by Mamata Banerjee, then state Youth Congress president, the prote...