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News Desk: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that her government will set up a Dalit Sahitya Academy in the state to promote Dalit literature and Dalit writers in the state.
Mamata Banerjee said “Dalit literature is also a part of Bengali literature. There was one tribal academy, but the government wants to give them more responsibility and provide help so that Dalit literature can grow up and bloom into a proper form. That is why we have decided to form this Dalit Sahitya Academy”
She added “For the betterment of the languages of tribals, we have decided to form a Dalit Sahitya Academy. Dalits’ languages have an influence on the Bengali language”
