West Bengal Chief Minister Subhendu Adhikari on Monday announced that the state government will make Bengali language mandatory for all government work from September 1. This decision has been taken for the government work of the state. At the same time, Hindi will also be used for official conversations with the central government. The government will make the use of Bengali language mandatory on all types of public communication channels from September 1. This includes services for citizens, digital governance systems, application forms, certificates, portals, websites, mobile applications, training materials, public signboards, press releases and other official communications.
Shubhendu Adhikari said that today I am releasing the report of the commission, which was made under the chairmanship of Justice Sushant Chatterjee during the TMC government in 2011. Use of Bengali language will be mandatory in government work from September 1, 2026. He told that the work from the Land and Land Reforms Department to the Chief Minister’s Office will be done in Bengali language.
He said that Bengali will be used for citizen services, affidavits, apps, citizen charter, FIR and notifications. Minister and MLA Shubhendu Adhikari will have to reply to the letter within 1 week. A list will have to be sent to the CMO. He said that I will submit the compliance report within a week.
‘Indian languages should get a place in public life’
Shubhendu Adhikari told that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had written a letter to him suggesting to use Bengali language more in administration. The Chief Minister read out Shah’s letter, “This year marks the 125th birth anniversary of India’s great educationist, politician and deep thinker, Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee.”
He read out in the Assembly, “Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was a strong supporter of the preservation, development and widespread use of Indian languages. He strongly believed that Indian languages should get their rightful place in administration, education and public life, because a democratic governance system can be effective and people-centric only when it works in the people’s own language.”
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