TMC Seeks Centre's Help as Bengali Workers Face Violence

The Trinamool Congress has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, requesting his immediate intervention and outlining a four-point plan to protect laborers from Bengal facing violence in BJP-governed states, particularly Odisha.

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The TMC MP's letter details alleged systematic violence against workers from West Bengal, especially those from his constituency of Berhampore and Murshidabad, claiming they have been subjected to brutal attacks, intimidation, looting, and threats to vacate their workplaces.

In a strongly worded letter, Berhampore MP Yusuf Pathan expressed deep concern about laborers who were forced to flee the neighboring state in fear for their lives.

He stated that, according to multiple reports, the violence is linked to the formation of the BJP-led government in Odisha, after which "several organized groups have allegedly launched systematic assaults on laborers from West Bengal."

"I write to you with grave concern regarding the alarming rise in incidents of violence against migrant workers from Bengal, particularly those hailing from my constituency Berhampore, Murshidabad, and surrounding districts, who recently returned from Odisha after being subjected to targeted attacks," Pathan wrote in his letter dated April 27, which was released on Friday.