A viral video captured an argument on the Kolkata Metro over language, with a Hindi-speaking woman mocking Bengali passengers for not speaking Hindi.

In Maharashtra, people speak Marathi. In Bengal, it’s Bengali. In Tamil Nadu, it’s Tamil. Karnataka has Kannada. Every region has its own language, and it’s these languages that make India so beautifully diverse. She goes as far as to call the Bengali woman ‘Bangladeshi’ for speaking in Bangla. Have a look:

A heated verbal altercation unfolded on a Kolkata Metro train when a non-Bengali-speaking woman confronted fellow passengers for speaking in Bengali. In a video that quickly went viral, the woman argued that since West Bengal is part of India,

A woman was spotted having a heated verbal exchange with Kolkata Metro travellers for speaking in the local language, Bengali, according to a social

"You are not in Bangladesh, you are in India. West Bengal is a part of India, you must be learning Hindi. You can speak in Bengali but not in Hindi despite living in India?" a non-Bengali woman said to a fellow metro passenger in Kolkata.

The altercation escalated when a Bengali woman, along with another individual nearby, challenged the Hindi-speaking woman, resulting in a heated exchange.