NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday accused the Centre of branding people of West Bengal as "Bangladeshis" and lambasted the finance minister for not mentioning the state in her Budget speech. Asked about the Budget, Banerjee said it has no solutions for any community, and called it a "faceless, baseless and visionless Budget". "The Budget speech was 85 minutes long -- 5,100 seconds -- Bengal was not even mentioned. There is nothing on how to increase farmers' income, there is nothing for any community," Banerjee said. "It is the Union government and its ministers, the ones who presented the Budget, they call us Bangladeshis.

Source: Indian Express February 01, 2026 11:12 UTC