BY TC News Desk
Agartala, 14th June 2025: The Amra Bangali Party has strongly condemned what it describes as “renewed conspiracies and attacks” against Bengali communities across various Indian states, including Gujarat, Odisha, Assam, and Tripura. Citing recent instances of displacement, harassment, and social exclusion, the party has accused both state and central governments of turning a blind eye to the plight of Bengalis in the country.
In a press communiqué issued today, Gouranga Rudra Pal, Secretary of the Amra Bangali Party in Tripura, stated, “Unspeakable torture and attacks have resumed against Bengalis under various pretexts. Hundreds of Bengali families were recently evicted in Gujarat after living there for over five decades. Their homes and businesses were bulldozed.”
Pal also highlighted alleged incidents of abuse targeting Bengali migrant workers in Odisha a fortnight ago. “Not just in Gujarat and Odisha — Bengalis are routinely branded as foreigners or Bangladeshis and attacked in states like Bihar, Maharashtra, and Delhi,” he said. “They are being denied basic constitutional rights and government benefits.”
Referring to historical ethnic violence, Pal invoked the Nellie massacre of 1983 in Assam and the 1980 Tripura genocide, claiming these events were part of a larger “de-Bengaliization” campaign in the Northeast. He alleged that radical elements and policies like the Assam Accord, TNV Accord, and NRC provisions are being used to marginalize Bengalis in their own homeland.
“Tripura is inherently a Bengali region, and a significant portion of Assam was once part of greater Bengal. The local Bengalis there are not outsiders; they are sons of the soil,” he said.
Pal criticized mainstream political parties, saying, “Parties like the CPM, Congress, and even the ruling dispensation have remained silent due to vote-bank politics, betraying those who once fought for India’s independence.”
The Amra Bangali Party has placed three key demands before the nation: Full rehabilitation and compensation for Bengalis, on par with that provided to Punjabi refugees post-Partition; Creation of a self-sufficient socio-economic zone for Bengalis, including the formation of a dedicated Bengali Regiment; and An immediate halt to branding Bengalis as foreigners or Bangladeshis and attempts to displace them from different parts of India.
“We have been agitating democratically since the beginning of our existence to protect the identity, rights, and dignity of the Bengali people,” Pal asserted, vowing to continue the struggle until justice is served.
