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Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 9
Continuing pressure on the West Bengal government amid the Covid crisis, Interior Minister Amit Shah today sent a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Benerjee, saying that his government was not allowing trains with migrant workers will come to the state.
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After the letter, West Bengal allows 10 trains.
- Stung by Amit Shah’s letter, West Bengal has given consent for 10 trains carrying migrants to reach the state from Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Punjab and Karnataka
Sources say the Interior Minister noted that West Bengal had not been extending support for the Center’s measure to guarantee the return of stranded migrant workers to the state.
In elaborating, Shah noted that so far the Center had facilitated the return of more than two lakhs of migrants, but the WB Government was not allowing trains to enter the state.
The problem is the last critical point between the Center and the WB Government amid a dispute over the state’s efforts to address the Covid-19 cases.
This occurs a day after the congressional leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said he had asked the Home Secretary to take steps so that West Bengal patients, students and migrant workers stranded in various states could return to their homes. .
“Injustice will lead to more difficulties”
West Bengal does not allow trains to reach the state. This is injustice and will create more difficulties for them (migrants).
The Union Secretary of the Interior had written Thursday to the chief secretary of state, pointing to a rampant violation of the Covid protocol.
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