CM Mamata Banerjee assures migrant labourers of job in West Bengal, tells BJP to resume political fight with her later
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CM Mamata Banerjee assures migrant labourers of job in West Bengal, tells BJP to resume political fight with her later

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday assured the migrant labourers of job in West Bengal, including that there are sufficient employment alternatives within the state. “Those migrant labourers who are coming in will be offered employment. I would request those that they stay here only. We have enough employment opportunities. Those who kick out people from their states will be given employment here,” stated CM Banerjee.

She added that from May 21, extra relaxations might be allowed within the state including that extra buses and cabs might be pressed into service.

Taking a jibe on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she requested the get together to renew a political struggle along with her later. She accused the BJP of making an attempt to unfold riots at a time when a struggle towards the pandemic is occurring. CM Banerjee requested the BJP to struggle her through the state polls and urged to face united towards coronavirus COVID-19.

“In this crisis time, we are fighting this pandemic. BJP is trying to spread riots and putting it out on Twitter. You have all the time in the world to fight me in politics, there’s a years time for polls here. Please hold your horses and be patient. Fight me on political grounds later, stand united against Coronavirus,” she stated.

“Those who are doing big talks, I want to urge them why not go help the frontline COVID-19 warriors? Why not help the cleaning staff, medical staff and police? It’s easy to vandalise and torch police vehicles. We will not allow this,” she stated.

Speaking on the violent incident in Hoogly’s Telinipara, she stated, “I have told the police to take the strictest action. Those who violated the lockdown and indulged in communal clashes will be tried under the National Disaster Management Act. None will be spared. We will not see whether the person belongs to community A or community B.”

Speaking on the testing labs within the county, she stated, “Our testing was low because we only had four labs. We had to request the Centre to allow us permission for setting up of labs.”

On the lockdown, she stated, “This lockdown was unplanned. Hence the migrant labourers are suffering. Migrants have been beaten up in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. Migrants are being kept in deplorable condition. Some not given food, some not given place to stay. Many migrants are COVID-19 infected as they were not taken care of. Had they returned to homes earlier, our COVID-19 cases would have remained low too.”

Amid the incidents of violence at Hooghly district’s Telinipara and at Malda district’s Chandipur, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar appealed to the communities to keep up communal concord. Expressing severe concern, he has referred to as upon the individuals to look at utmost restraint in any respect prices. He urged the police and administration to be extraordinarily watchful in order that the scenario is contained.

A delegation of BJP comprising Locket Chatterjee, MP, Arjun Singh MP, Mukul Roy, Member, National Council, Pratap Banerjee, General Secretary and Sabyasachi Dutta, MLA, referred to as on the Governor and raised issues concerning the alarming communal scenario within the state. The delegation referred to the current incidents of communal violence in Malda and Murshidabad specifically. The incident on May 10 in Malda district in Chandipur indicated a severe subject of communal violence. They referred to essentially the most unlucky incident of injury to the idol of a temple and sought forthwith intervention.

Governor Dhankhar informed the members of the delegation that these are essential occasions for the state and no matter political affiliations, all should be singlemindedly focussed on sharpening battle towards COVID-19. Governor Dhankhar appealed to the individuals at giant to focus all their energies to cope with the problem of migrants, well being and PDS and work solely in that path. He assured the Members of the delegation that he would look into the matter and search applicable inputs from the involved authorities in order that the state observes communal concord in any respect prices.

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