Mamata Banerjee Leads Protest Rally In opposition to Detention Of Bengal Migrant Staff | India Information
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, and different get together leaders and staff on Wednesday took out a protest march in Kolkata in opposition to the detention of migrant staff from West Bengal, allegedly labelled as undocumented Bangladeshis for his or her deportation.
This got here after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday claimed that eight migrant staff from Nadia district had been forcibly picked up by Chhattisgarh Police this week.
“Eight development staff from Nadia, employed in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, had been forcibly picked up by @vishnudsai’s @CG_Police. No data was shared with their households, the GoWB, and even @WBPolice. Their telephones had been seized. They had been thrown behind bars. That is STATE-SPONSORED ABDUCTION. Let BJP be warned: Respect existence or count on resistance. We won’t let our individuals be criminalised, dehumanised, or silenced,” TMC posted on X.
As per media reviews, all eight individuals had been detained for not with the ability to produce identification playing cards even after a month of coming into Chhattisgarh’s Kondagaon space. They had been reportedly launched on Monday night.
Earlier, TMC, by means of its official X deal with, has launched a video that includes TMC chief Kunal Ghosh, alleging a “witch hunt” in opposition to Bengali-speaking individuals in BJP-ruled states.
The get together claims that Bengali staff are being harassed, detained, and deported throughout borders, whereas professional Indian residents are receiving NRC notices solely for talking Bangla.
TMC accused BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari of labelling these people as “Rohingyas” to communalise the difficulty and deflect from what they describe as a scientific focusing on of Bengalis.
The get together additional acknowledged that Adhikari and his associates are “enemies of Bengal and Bengalis” and predicted their rejection within the 2026 elections. No official response has been obtained from the BJP or Suvendu Adhikari on the time of reporting.
In the meantime, opposition voices have additionally raised issues. Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury just lately wrote to the President of India, expressing grave concern over the continued harassment, unlawful detention, and bodily abuse of Bengali-speaking migrant staff in states like Odisha and Maharashtra.
(With ANI Inputs)
