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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025) demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that helium has insulted novelist Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay by calling him "Bankim da".
Addressing a rally successful Cooch Behar district, Ms. Banerjee said the Prime Minister was not adjacent calved erstwhile the state achieved Independence and yet chose to code 1 of Bengal's top taste icons casually.
"You did not adjacent amusement him the minimum respect helium deserves. You should apologise for this, to the nation," she said.
The flashpoint was Prime Minister's notation to the writer during a treatment successful Lok Sabha connected Monday (December 8, 2025) to commemorate 150 years of the nationalist song, Vande Mataram, written by Chattopadhyay.
TMC MP Saugata Roy objected to the usage of the suffix 'da' and urged the PM to accidental 'Bankim babu' instead.
Mr. Modi instantly accepted the sentiment, saying, "I volition accidental Bankim 'babu'. Thank you, I respect your sentiments," and asked successful a lighter vein whether helium could inactive code Roy arsenic 'dada'.
Targeting the BJP, Ms. Banerjee claimed that it volition destruct Bengal's culture, connection and practice if it comes to powerfulness successful the state.
She besides claimed that the Assembly elections successful the State volition beryllium declared soon aft work of the last electoral rolls pursuing the SIR exercise, truthful that nary 1 tin situation it successful court.
