KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress Chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday again lashed out at the BJP, alleging harassment and torture of a Bengali migrant worker’s family in New Delhi by police.
Sharing a video on her X handle, where a young man is heard accusing the police of beating up his wife and infant son, Banerjee said, “Atrocious!! Terrible!! See how Delhi police brutally beat up a kid and his mother, members of a migrant family from Malda's Chanchal. See how even a child is not spared from the cruelty of violence in the regime of linguistic terror unleashed by BJP in the country against the Bengalis!”
“Where are they taking our country now?” she asked.
In the video posted by the Chief Minister, a young man is seen showing injury marks on his infant son and saying, “Look what the police did to my son. The police beat him and broke his forehead.”
He is also heard complaining in the video that all their essentials had been thrown away. The young man's wife is also seen in the video. Pointing to her, the man says, “The police also beat her up a lot.” (Although TNIE has not verified the authenticity of this video.)
Alleging harassment and torture of migrant workers from West Bengal in various BJP-ruled states, the Trinamool Congress has come out strongly against the saffron party. Banerjee has repeatedly raised the issue. She has also warned of a larger movement.
It is alleged that Bengali-speaking workers, who are detained on suspicion of being Bangladeshis in BJP-ruled states like Odisha, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, are not released even after showing documents like their Aadhaar and voter cards. They are reportedly only released if they are able to produce a ‘Police Clearance Certificate’ (PCC).
The issue of harassment of Bengali migrant workers in Delhi and Odisha has already reached the Calcutta High Court.
In this situation, the Trinamool Congress has launched a ‘language movement’ against the BJP since Sunday. Banerjee will join the ‘Nanoor Day’ programme in Birbhum on Monday, where she will take part in a protest march. She left for Birbhum on Sunday afternoon.