Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bengali pronunciation has been a subject of ridicule by the Opposition parties in the past, particularly the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which rules West Bengal. During the state elections in 2021, the PM’s “Didi-o-didi” (Elder sister, dear elder sister) jibe at Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee at a rally had seen the local party react strongly.

On Monday (December 8), the Lok Sabha remained witness to a similar episode when the PM, while speaking on the national song, ‘Vande Mataram’, on its 150th anniversary at the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, referred to its composer Bankim Chandra Chattopadyay as “Bankim da” (elder brother Bankim).

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