The West Bengal government will make Bengali mandatory for all official communications from September 1. Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari cited Union Home Minister Amit Shah's letter urging wider use of Bengali and other Indian languages in governance
CM earlier in the day had written to PM Narendra Modi requesting him to withdraw the Centre's order recalling the Chief Secretary, and asserted her government "cannot release, and is not releasing" the top bureaucrat
