Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav requested the Centre to intervene within the matter relating to the alleged assaults on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. He additional slammed the BJP for his or her ‘lack of concern’ within the matter.
The RJD chief additionally mentioned he was awaiting a report on the scenario in Tamil Nadu by a crew that went there the day earlier than, although he additionally warned towards generalised assumptions on the premise of remoted incidents.
“If a number of individuals behave badly in Bihar, it should not be held out towards your complete state. We should apply the identical yardstick to Tamil Nadu as effectively,” mentioned Yadav, who has drawn flak from the BJP for his latest journey to Chennai upon Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Okay Stalin’s invitation.
He additionally mentioned, “I had merely learn out, within the meeting, a press release issued by the DGP of Tamil Nadu who has denied violence towards migrants. I by no means mentioned I used to be taking it at face worth. The cause why the federal government, of which I’m an element, has despatched a crew is to get first-hand info.”
A four-member crew of officers from Bihar on Saturday left for Tamil Nadu to look into allegations of assaults on migrant workers, which has been denied by the southern state. “We have completed what we might. But the BJP, which is within the opposition in Bihar, however guidelines the Centre, wants to be questioned. The Union authorities has, up to now, proven lack of concern although this matter includes two states”.
He additionally cited a newspaper report claiming that the Tamil Nadu BJP president, in a telephonic discuss together with his Bihar counterpart, has denied any violence towards migrants within the southern state. “This report, in addition to an FIR lodged towards a BJP spokesman for sharing false and inflammatory materials on Twitter, is issues on which the BJP owes a solution,” Yadav asserted.
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