2 min readKolkataJul 20, 2026 12:45 PM IST
The Bengali language will be mandatory at all levels of government in West Bengal from September 1, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced in the Legislative Assembly on Monday.
CM Adhikari informed the Assembly that Bengali will be the primary medium for all state government communications, and all internal official correspondence must be written and exchanged in the language. He added that official correspondence directed to the Central Government will be maintained in both Bengali and Hindi.
The Chief Minister made public a letter sent to him on Sunday by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, wherein the Centre emphasised the importance of the Bengali language. In the letter, Shah advised that Bengali should be accorded greater prominence and recommended its active deployment in administrative and official frameworks. Shah stressed the importance of increasing the use of Hindi for interstate administrative channels between the Central and state governments.
CM Adhikari said, “This decision has been taken to strengthen further the use of the Bengali language in the state’s official system.” According to Adhikari, special emphasis will be placed on standardising official communication in Bengali across all state government departments, autonomous agencies, and administrative tiers.
Report on 1993 police firing
Stepping up his political offensive against the Opposition just a day before the annual Martyrs’ Day rally on July 21, CM Adhikari also announced that he will release the long-awaited full report of the July 21 Commission on Monday evening.
The inquiry commission was originally constituted when Mamata Banerjee first assumed office as Chief Minister in 2011 to investigate the Kolkata police firing on July 21, 1993, that killed 13 youth Congress workers during a protest against the Left Front government. The Commission submitted its final report in December 2014, concluding that no senior leaders of the Left Front or police officers were responsible for the deaths.
The incident and the Commission’s findings have recently come back into the spotlight as a significant political issue. BJP leaders and dissenting members of the Trinamool Congress have criticised the previous administration under Mamata Banerjee for allegedly failing to release the full report. They are calling for a new investigation into the incident.
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