Kolkata, July 29 -- Mamata Banerjee on Monday reminded the powers that be in Delhi and elsewhere the "leading contribution" of the Bengalis in the freedom struggle and the great Indian renaissance before - condemning the Centre and the Election Commission for "trying to erase Bengali identity" from Indian cultural mosaic.
At the culmination of a massive "Bhasha Andolan" (language movement) rally that she launched from Bolpur-Shantiniketan - the abode of Poet Laureate Rabindranath Tagore - to protect the Bengali Asmita in the face of alleged attacks on Bengali migrant workers in BJP-ruled States and alleged "designs to strike out names of Indian citizens from voters' lists," Banerjee warned, "this trend to divide the society will one day bo...