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.
The workers from Rayagada and Gajapati districts allegedly died of electrocution on 30 July while working in a prawn hatchery in Repalle Mandal of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
Twenty-one Monitoring Centres have been activated across the country by the Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central).
As per the eligibility prescribed under the NFS Act 2013, 5 kg of food grains was given free of cost to the needy people, including migrant workers, unorganized workers, construction workers, domestic helpers who do not have ration cards. Under this scheme, four kg of wheat and one kg of rice are included per person per month.
The top court also queried, why there is no national data on workers of unorganised sector? The court emphasised that data and the portal are essential to ensure benefits reach the needy during the lockdown.
The government, despite the much-touted claim of upgrading the skills of migrants to create employability scope in the State, has managed to identify less than two percent of total migrant returnees for skill mapping.
