'Four people, apart from Sunali, are still in Bangladesh'

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked the state police to stay alert over 'labelling of Bengali-speaking people as Bangladeshis'. "Four people, apart from Sunali, are still in Bangladesh. Police should be proactive," she said At Cooch Behar.

"If someone who speaks in Bengali is labelled as Bangladeshi, then Urdu is the language of Pakistan, but many (in India) speak in Urdu. These are historical facts, and some are pushed to Bangladesh for speaking Bengali."

Those in Bangladesh and West Bengal speak the same language, "but that does not make us Bangladeshis", She said.


Ethnic groups, Adivasis and minorities in the state don't have to worry about being detained, she said. "I will not allow a single detention camp to be set up in Bengal. No one can come here and detain you," Banerjee said.

"Cooch Behar is a border district. Law and order must be maintained on the border," she said.