West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, during an Anti-SIR rally held at Cooch Behar on Tuesday, demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to the CM, the Modi government did not give Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay the respect he deserved.

She alleged that he insulted the novelist Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay by calling him Bankim Da. This statement comes at a time when the Vande Mataram controversy is being discussed in the Rajya Sabha.

What does the CM say?

While addressing the public at the rally, she said that when the country gained independence, the PM was not even born, and yet he chose to address one of Bengal's greatest cultural icons in such a manner.

Actually, on Monday, during the discussion on Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi addressed Bankim Chandra Cha

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