Mamata Banerjee Holds Protest Over Detention Of Bengali Migrant Workers In BJP-Ruled States
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and other TMC leaders protested against the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states. Concerns include detention and deportation.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and other party leaders and workers took out out a protest march over the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states, on Wednesday.
Recently, the TMC supremo had expressed concerns over the confinement, detention and even deportation of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in the BJP-ruled states.
Lately, there have been many reports of Bengali-speaking migrants workers' being detained in various parts of the country, including Delhi and Maharashtra before being deported to Bangladesh. The chief minister has said that there 22 lakh migrant workers from Bengal work in different states.
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