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TMC Accuses Bengal BJP of Hindi Imposition Over KMC Poster
Kolkata’s civic body shared a poster about cleaning the city before Durga Puja.
The campaign is scheduled to run from October 10 to 21.
Its slogan mixes Bengali and Hindi words.
The All India Trinamool Congress said the wording distorts Bengali and accused the BJP-led state government of pushing Hindi.
Abhishek Banerjee and Kunal Ghosh also criticized the slogan.
The poster’s message asked people to help keep the city clean.
The KMC and the state government had not immediately replied to the accusations.
The Mamata-led All India Trinamool Congress accused West Bengal’s BJP government of imposing Hindi and distorting Bengali.
The dispute concerns a Kolkata Municipal Corporation poster for a city cleanliness drive scheduled for October 10 to 21.
Its slogan, “Mayer korbo Swacchata Se Swagat,” combines Bengali and Hindi expressions to describe welcoming Goddess Durga with cleanliness.
The poster urged residents to help keep the city clean ahead of Durga Puja.
Abhishek Banerjee and Kunal Ghosh criticized the wording; the KMC and state government had not immediately responded.
- Who
- The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), and party figures Abhishek Banerjee and Kunal Ghosh.
- What
- TMC accused the BJP-led West Bengal government of Hindi imposition over a KMC cleanliness-campaign poster with a Bengali-Hindi slogan.
- Where
- Kolkata, West Bengal.
- When
- The accusations were made on Sunday; the cleanliness drive is scheduled for October 10 to 21.
- Why
- The poster’s slogan combined Bengali and Hindi expressions, which TMC said distorted Bengali and amounted to Hindi imposition.
TMC’s criticism
Campaign’s stated purpose
Mixed-language slogan
TMC’s criticism
TMC said the Bengali-Hindi wording butchered or distorted Bengali and accused the BJP-led government of imposing Hindi.
Campaign’s stated purpose
The poster presented the slogan as part of a cleanliness campaign to welcome Goddess Durga and called on residents to help keep the city clean; the KMC did not immediately respond to the criticism.
Key facts
- Civic body
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation
- Campaign dates
- October 10 to 21
- Campaign
- A city cleanliness drive timed around Durga Puja
- Poster slogan
- “Mayer korbo Swacchata Se Swagat”
- Slogan meaning
- “Will welcome Mother Goddess with cleanliness”
- TMC response
- The party accused the state government of imposing Hindi and distorting Bengali
- Official response
- No immediate response from the KMC or the state government was reported
Quotes
All India Trinamool Congress
Mamata Banerjee-led political party that criticized the poster
“What is this? Is this Bengali? Are you joking? How much more bad culture will the BJP impose on West Bengal? How much more will it distort Bengali? Delete all this immediately. Change it. Write proper Bengali. The current state of the corporation is just as bad as this piece of writing.”
telegraphindia.com
“No amount of proofreading goes into anything posted by @kmc_kolkata, apparently. As long as OUR BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE IS BEING BUTCHERED, it gets a go-ahead from @BJP4Bengal government! Stop forcing Hindi down Bengal's throat to appease your masters in Delhi. STOP HINDI IMPOSITION. NOW,”
m.rediff.com
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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