Bengali speakers being targeted despite having documents: TMC MP

Bengali-speaking migrants are being targeted and dubbed as Bangladeshis in certain states despite them having valid documents, Trinamool Congress MP and West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Board Chairman Samirul Islam alleged.

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In an interview with PTI, Islam said that while action should be taken against infiltrators, Bengali-speaking people are being detained or even pushed across the border despite the state government verifying their citizenship status.

“Bengali speakers are being targeted in BJP-ruled states in the name of document verification. This is not about religion, whoever is speaking in Bengali is a target,” Islam told PTI.

“They show Aadhaar cards, voter ID cards. Some people have shown their passports and even land documents. Yet, they are being held in detention, and no information is being shared with the West Bengal government,” he said.