Abhishek sends team to Maha to rescue detained Bengali workers
Mamata Banerjee
launching a tirade against the "linguistic terror" unleashed on Bengali-speakers in BJP-governed states, Trinamool national general secretary
Abhishek Banerjee
on Saturday sent a four-member team to
Maharashtra
to assist and ensure the return of migrant workers detained there at the earliest.
Among those detained is one Babai Sardar, a resident of Bishnupur, a part of Abhishek's Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency.
After Abhishek instructed Bishnupur MLA and state minister Dilip Mondal to send a team, four functionaries of the local TMC leadership left for Mumbai on Saturday evening. Abhishek also told Mondal to ensure that the team was "sufficiently equipped and supported" so that they can help the release of the detained workers.
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The team of Arup Kumar Das, Sachi Naskar, Rajib Gazi and Palash Karmakar has been told to reach the alleged "detention spot" directly, said Trinamool seniors. Just prior to their departure at Kolkata airport, they assured all kinds of assistance to migrant workers facing harassment in Maharashtra.
According to Sardar's family, the 26-year-old labourer had left for Mumbai for work nearly two years ago. His family members have not been able to contact or communicate with him for around a week now.
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Sardar is carrying his voter ID and Aadhaar card on him, they said.
For the past several weeks, there have been multiple instances of mistreatment of Bengali migrant workers in various states. Reports have surfaced of them being beaten, attacked, robbed, having their earnings taken away, and even having their identity documents seized across states like Delhi, Odisha, Rajasthan, Haryana and Maharashtra, along with others.
In protest, Mamata has taken to the streets to lead a statewide 'Bhasha Andolan'. The CM is set to lead a rally again at Jhargram next week after leading a similar one at Bolpur in Birbhum last week.
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