Amid the rift of Odisha on “illegal immigrants” in the state since May, about 100 migrant workers of the state have been allegedly detained by the West Bengal government and said fresh discord with their neighboring kingdom after the fresh discord.
TMC Rajya Sabha MP and state Pravasi Welfare Board of Sameerul Islam, “Under the instructions of top administrative officers and police officers, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, have reached their counterparts in Odisha regarding the issue.
“But they are not releasing poor migrant workers,” said Sameerul Islam. “What has happened is unconstitutional”.
He said, “They are Indian citizens and residents of Bengal. They have gone to Odisha for work. But they have been detained and have been given the label of Bangladeshis. They have been sent to the detention center,” he said. “We will bring them home”.
Targeting the Odisha government led by CM Mohan Majhi, Sameerul Islam said, “This is happening in the state after the state, under the BJP rule.” Vikas in Odisha comes after seven persons including four youths and a couple of West Bengal, who were raised by the Maharashtra Police and pushed into Bangladesh, brought back after the intervention of the TMC government in West Bengal last week.
According to government sources, the Bengal administration officials and police are in touch with their Odisha counterparts and have been equipped with residential documents of those and have been suppressed for their immediate release and return.
A senior Odisha government official said that the incident was contacted The Indian Express This verification is being done as part of a nationwide practice in view of recent developments in the neighborhood. “No one is being detained in any police station. We are only confirming their identity and are in touch with the West Bengal government,” the official said.
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