TMC, Cong Vocal On Bengali Migrant Workers' Harrassment Outside WB; Adhir Writes To Prez
“Now those migrants are supposed to be rendered unemployed as they are the victims of witch-hunting of Bangladeshis resulting large scale repatriation (returning back) to their respective destinations much to the distress of them": Adhir Ranjan Choudhury
KOLKATA: At a time, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamul Congress becomes vocal in New Delhi against the harassment of Bengali speaking citizens outside the state on the basis of their language, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhury also wrote to President Draupadi Murmu against the same trend and sought her intervention.
On Monday, the TMC posted on X-handle, “The protest dharna at Jai Hind Colony, Delhi, commenced today in solidarity with Bengali-speaking families who, despite possessing valid documentation, are being unjustly branded as ‘illegal’ and pushed to the margins of society.”
It added, “Residents of the colony joined us with remarkable courage and conviction, standing up for their identity and dignity. Smt. @sagarikaghose, Shri @Sukhendusekhar, Smt. @Dolasen7, and Shri @SaketGokhale are leading the protest on the ground, demanding answers, accountability, and justice.”
On the other hand, Mr Choudhury in a letter to the President, wrote, “I wish to bring to your kind attention the very sad and cruel fact about the harassment, humiliation, threats as also illegal detention and physical torture a large number of Bengali migrant workers who are eking out their living as daily wage labourers engaged mostly in un-skilled and semi-skilled occupations in different parts of states like Odisha, Maharashtra are being subjected to.”
He pointed out, “The fact that the physical appearance and accent of the language spoken by these migrant workers, who are bonafide Indian citizens is similar to that of Bangladeshis is being used as a pretext to harass, humiliate, physically assault and hold these innocent people in detention. I will also like to reiterate that those lakhs of migrant workers who were compelled to venture into other states for their livelihoods also contribute significantly to the revenue kitty of the State Government through their remittances.”
The former Berhampore MP stated, “Now those migrants are supposed to be rendered unemployed as they are the victims of witch-hunting of Bangladeshis resulting large scale repatriation (returning back) to their respective destinations much to the distress of them. I therefore earnestly plead for your kind intervention by way of taking appropriate measures to see that innocent Bengali speaking people who are Bonafide Indian nationals working as labourers in Odisha, Maharashtra and other states are not subjected to harassment, humiliation, torture and loss of livelihood. Eagerly looking forward for your kind intervention in putting an end to the suffering & protection of the innocent and hapless people are being subjected to.”