In Ranchi, Jharkhand all the Bengali people held demonstrations here demanding the second-language status for their mother tongue after the state government accorded that position to Urdu. A huge number of people of diverse associations of the Bengali community from different parts of the state demonstrated at the Albert Ekka roundabout here under banner of Jharkhand Bengali Association. Shubhash Moitra, a member of JBA says “Bengali is not only a national language, it is also an international language. It is the official language in Bangladesh, but in our country this language is not given its proper place.” A member of Jharkhand Bangbhasi Samit member, Mrigendra Biswas said: ‘The Madhu Koda government is playing vote bank politics. Bengali comes on second position in Jharkhand after Hindi (in terms of number of speakers), but Urdu was accorded the second-language status. We will teach a lesson to the people in power in the assembly and Lok Sabha elections.”

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