WB BJP: Bengali migrants are helping identify Rohingyas

KOLKATA: BJP Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya on Monday praised Bengali-speaking migrant workers in other states for "helping local police identify and apprehend undocumented Rohingyas and Bangladeshis. "Whether it is Haryana, New Delhi or Maharashtra, police are getting information about Rohingya from Bengali migrant workers. Their livelihood in those states is at stake due to Rohingya infiltration," Bhattacharya said, turning the tables on Trinamool which alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrants in BJP-governed states, reports Rohit Khanna.

Earlier in the day, BJP Bengal unit posted on X: "We thank Bengalis living in other states and abroad, because without their help it would never have been possible for the local administration to apprehend Bangladeshis and Rohingyas."

Bhattacharya accused Bengal govt of turning a blind eye to infiltration issue.