{"id":9854,"date":"2020-07-28T04:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T04:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=9854"},"modified":"2020-07-28T04:41:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T04:41:29","slug":"bengal-oppn-parties-press-govt-to-bring-back-stranded-migrants-from-other-states-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=9854","title":{"rendered":"Bengal: Oppn parties press govt to bring back stranded migrants from other states immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Opposition parties, including BJP<\/a> and Congress, mounted pressure on Trinamool Congress government to bring back migrants immediately. While Medinipur MP and BJP state president Dilip Ghosh planned to send a list of migrants to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee<\/a>, Congress planned to launch an app for their return.<\/p>\n

Criticising the state government, Ghosh said, \u201cI had written letters to chief secretaries of 12 states in April and sent them a list of 11,790 migrant workers from Bengal stranded in those states. I had also sent that list to the West Bengal chief secretary as well. However, TMC leaders have recently challenged me to provide information on stranded migrants. Therefore, I am mailing to the state government a list of 3.29 lakh migrants who want to return to the state. Nearly 90 per cent of them are gold jewellery craftsmen. I hope that the government will take this list into account.\u201d<\/p>\n

The BJP leader also slammed the state government for running only two trains so far for migrant workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cTill date, the state government ran only two trains for migrant workers. Now it has been learnt that eight more trains will run for them. The Centre had given consent for running 16 trains to West Bengal. So far, 10 requisitions have been made. Six more trains can be arranged if the state government desires it,\u201d added Ghosh.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Chowdhury and his team are creating an app to prepare a list of names of migrant labourers who wants to return to the state. According to Chowdhury\u2019s team, the app will also include names of migrant workers from other states who are stranded in West Bengal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will help us compile the names and send it to the state government. We have already received applications of more than 1.50 lakh people who want their names to be included in the list. The app will act as a database of such workers, which will contain their personal and residential details,\u201d said Chowdhury.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Centre is planning to resume passenger train services from May 12. We don\u2019t have any problem with this decision. However, we feel the government should accord highest priority to the safe return of stranded labourers and pilgrims,\u201d Chowdhury, the former minister of state for railways, said.<\/p>\n

The Union government should learn to set its priorities right, he stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the beginning of the pandemic<\/a>, the Centre has not been able to come up with concrete policies\u2026 It has to act decisively rather than resorting to knee-jerk reactions,\u201d the veteran Congress leader said.<\/p>\n

The Indian Railways had on Sunday announced that it would gradually recommence passenger train operations from May 12, initially with 15 pairs of trains.<\/p>\n

All passenger train services were suspended ahead of the imposition of the nationwide lockdown on March 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the COVID-19<\/a> pandemic was spreading fast during the first and second week of March, we had pleaded with the government to close down Parliament, but it didn\u2019t listen. It was busy removing the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh to seize power. Once that was done, the lockdown was imposed,\u201d Chowdhury said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, speaking on the uncertainty looming over the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Chowdhury said it is for the government to decide when and how to resume proceedings, while suggesting that the members could take the virtual route.<\/p>\n

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had said on Sunday that the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which normally begins in the last week of June or in the first week of July, may still be held on time, amid concerns that the coronavirus pandemic may delay its start.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is for the government to decide if it wants to resume Parliament. It can also explore the option of holding proceedings on a virtual platform, where representatives can accordingly place their views,\u201d Chowdhury added.<\/p>\n

With PTI inputs<\/em><\/p>\n

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