On Friday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) double-engine government of violence against migrant workers in their respective states.
Reshma (34), the wife of Jinesh P Sukumaran (38), who consumed poison, was admitted to a hospital but died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment.
Continuing his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark that the ‘DMK is harassing Biharis’, made at an election rally in poll-bound Bihar, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday dared him to repeat the same in Tamil Nadu, which welcomes migrant workers and entrepreneurs, ensuring they live in peace and happiness.
The hearing comes amid concerns over the alleged detention of Bengali migrant labourers by Delhi Police over suspicion of being illegal Bangladeshi migrants.
As the poll battle is poised to be tough and intriguing, each of the votes does carry its value. Parties in the fray are in no mood to take chances to ignore the worth of migrant workers’ votes in the upcoming twin polls.
Aspecial campaign will be held across the state in December by the state government to ensure last-mile enrolment of migrant workers, who have been left out.
Sri Lankan migrant workers remitted over $1.8 billion in the first four months of 2023, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara said on Saturday.
Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday warned "whoever tries to spoil the law and order situation in the state, a strong legal action would be taken" following rumours that migrant workers are being attacked in the Tamil Nadu
Without safeguaring the interest of the migrant workers, it will be a futile excercise to think of any step to uplift any economic sector. A recent study has some stratling revelations.
After an exodus of migrant workers at certain places in India due to the COVID-19 associated first lockdown, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in coordination with respective states have set up around 41,000 relief camps and shelters across the country where more than 14 lakh people were sheltered.
