‘People who came here with dreams disgraced', say TMC MPs in Gurgaon
Rajya Sabha MPs Mamata Thakur and Prakash Baraik, and Lok Sabha MPs Sharmila Sarkar, Pratima Mondal and Bapi Haldar went to Maidawas village in Sector 64, where they listened to accounts of the detention and fears of a recurrence from the settlement's largely Bengali-speaking migrant population. The MPs assured them of help by the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal govt.
"West Bengal is a part of India. Our people are not Bangladeshis.
Police here should behave and treat them respectfully. Many people complained of being tortured and humiliated by cops even though they had all the documents… they were detained because they spoke in Bangla. Our govt is there for our people, and we will take every step to ensure their safety," Haldar, the parliamentarian from Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency, said.
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Sarkar, who represents Bardhaman East in Lok Sabha, told TOI that the party delegation was sent to Gurgaon by chief minister Mamata Banerjee to address panic among people from the state after the verification drive led to many of them packing up and leaving.
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"The drive could have been handled better. These people came with dreams, but they have been disgraced in Gurgaon," Sarkar said.
Starting July 18, Gurgaon police started detaining workers to follow up on the Union home ministry's May 2 directive to identify and deport illegal immigrants from the country.
Around 250 people, most living in slum settlements, were detained in four 'holding centres' till police 'verified' their identity documents.
Of these, 10 were eventually found to be undocumented immigrants from Bangladesh.
The drive sparked a political row as TMC accused BJP of targeting Bangla-speaking workers indiscriminately. "These illegal detentions are an insult to our mother tongue and ashmita (identity)… Speaking Bangla is being treated as a crime…" Mamata Banerjee had said.
A senior police officer told TOI the drive was simply to identify and deport undocumented migrants.
He added that many workers were seen leaving the city to go back to their hometowns in buses with West Bengal registration plates.
"We had asked West Bengal authorities to verify documents within 48 hours, but they took long, and that's why people had to stay at holding centres for four days. They were given good food, bedding and filtered water. Some people are doing politics and causing unnecessary panic, forcing people to leave," the officer said.
Lok Sabha MP Mondal refuted Gurgaon police's claims that the workers were detained for days because the West Bengal govt delayed the verification process. Mondal, who represents Jaynagar constituency, said police had seized workers' mobile phones. "So, they couldn't reach out to us. Still, we responded speedily to verification queries," she said.
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