The delegation, comprising #Rajya Sabha members #Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, #Sagarika Ghose and #Saket Gokhale, mentioned the slum dwellers advised them that they’ve been dwelling with out electrical energy for the final 5 to 6 days.
“We discovered that there are lots of of households from Cooch Behar which have been dwelling right here for the previous 20-25 years. The majority of them work as rag-pickers, and they’re being requested to maneuver because the non-public house owners of the land need them out. We will ship an in depth report back to #West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,” mentioned Mr. Roy.
The TMC MP appealed to political events and social organisations to assist the residents of the camp, whom he mentioned have been dwelling in “subhuman situations”.
“Just as a result of they’re Bengali-speaking, they’re being focused by the authorities and topic to inhuman actions. We should discover some place for them to reside,” he mentioned.
Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities of being “anti-Bengali”, Ms. Banerjee, final week, in a publish on X, mentioned, “There are over 1.5 crore migrant staff in Bengal who reside with dignity. But the identical can’t be mentioned for BJP-ruled States, the place #Bengalis are being handled as infiltrators in their very own nation. Speaking Bengali doesn’t make one a Bangladeshi. They are as a lot residents of India as anybody else, no matter what language they communicate.”
The police had carried out a verification drive within the space final yr, following Lieutenant-Governor V.Ok. Saxena’s orders.
Published – July 14, 2025 01:34 am IST
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