Stop Harassment of Bengali-Speaking Migrant Workers: Bengal Chief Secy Urges Odisha Counterpart

Stop Harassment of Bengali-speaking Migrant Workers: Bengal Chief Secy Urges Odisha Counterpart

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday wrote to his Odisha counterpart, urging him to put an end to "harassment" of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in certain parts of the neighbouring state. India News | Stop Harassment of Bengali-speaking Migrant Workers: Bengal Chief Secy Urges Odisha Counterpart.

Bengal Chief Secretary writes to Odisha Govt over alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrant workers

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, on Thursday, wrote a letter to his counterpart in the Odisha government, Manoj Ahuja complaining about harassment of Bengali-speaking migrant workers there after being branded as Bangladeshis.  “I write to you with deep anguish and serious concern regarding the continuing harassment faced by people from West Bengal who have migrated to various parts of Odisha for their livelihood. "These individua…

Stop harassment of Bengali-speaking migrant workers: Bengal chief secy urges Odisha counterpart

Kolkata, Jul 3 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday wrote to his Odisha counterpart, urging him to put an end to "harassment" of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in certain parts of the neighbouring state.Pant, in the letter, said the migrant workers are “targeted because they speak Bengali, which is their mother tongue” and “unjustly labelled as Bangladeshis”.The labourers include daily-wage earners, rickshaw-pullers and dom…