TMC MP claims tribal worker from Malda beaten in Odisha over speaking Bengali

TMC MP claims tribal worker from Malda beaten in Odisha over speaking Bengali

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Samirul Islam on Tuesday alleged that a tribal labourer from West Bengal’s Malda district was beaten up in Odisha for speaking Bengali. Islam, who is also chairman of the West Bengal government’s Migrant Workers’ Welfare Board, claimed that the youth, identified as Binoy Besra from Gajol, was first detained by villagers and later assaulted in the BJP-ruled Odisha. “He was first detained by the villagers…