US EditionChowdhury Urges Modi to Address Attacks on Bengali Migrants
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury highlighted 1,143 harassment complaints against Bengali migrants in BJP states and warned of rising communal tension without government intervention.
- On Tuesday, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence in New Delhi, urging him to intervene and press states to stop attacks on Bengali-speaking migrant workers.
- Chowdhury told the prime minister in a letter that Bengali-speaking migrant workers from West Bengal face violence and discrimination, especially in BJP-ruled states, as their language is mistaken for Bangladeshi and they are treated as infiltrators.
- Officials also recorded complaints showing the West Bengal Migrants Welfare Board received 1,143 harassment complaints in 10 months, two migrants were arrested in Mumbai, and Jewel Rana was killed in Sambalpur on Wednesday.
- Chowdhury warned these attacks could lead to communal tension and violence in West Bengal, including its majority-Muslim border areas with Bangladesh.
- After losing the Baharampur Lok Sabha seat to Yusuf Pathan, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, drawing political reactions, including praise from Samik Bhattacharya.
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