New Delhi,

August 5, 2025

Press Release

National Protest Day on August 11, 2025 Against Harassment of Bengali Speaking People

The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued today (August 5, 2025) the following statement:

The National Executive of Communist Party of India has called upon all the units to observe August 11, 2025 as a protest day against the harassment of Bengali speaking people in BJP ruled states.

Under the pretext of removing Bangladeshi foreigners from India mostly all BJP-ruled states and central government is pursuing a policy of deliberately harassing and persecuting Bengali speaking people.

Recently Delhi Police has called Bengali language as Bangladeshi language. Similarly, many Bengali speaking workers from Assam and West Bengal are harassed, detained and arrested in Haryana, Odisha, Delhi and Maharashtra and in other BJP-ruled states.

This as deliberate attempt by BJP to target Bengali speaking people. Bengali is an Indian language having a rich cultural tradition about which all Indians are proud.

CPI demands that this harassment be stopped immediately and constitutional rights of Bengali speaking Indians must be protected.

Sd/

Roykutty

Office Secretary