Bengalis labelled Bangladeshis, attacked in Odisha: Didi to Majhi | India News – Times of India

KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee contacted Sunday her Odisha counterpart Mohan Charan Majhi, urging his intervention following reports of Bengali-speaking workers being assaulted and labelled as “Bangladeshis” by local vigilante groups in his state.Four videos surfaced on social media over the past 24 hours, purportedly showing attacks on Bengali-speaking people in Odisha.Attacks were reported…

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‘Looking forward to new future’: 314 Bangladeshis staying in West Bengal take 1st batch of flights, buses back home | Kolkata News – Times of India

KOLKATA: With the 15-year-old govt now ousted, there was a rush among Bangladeshis on Tuesday – several of them cooped up in Marquis Street for weeks – to return home and be a part of the unfolding history in the country’s 53 years of existence. For the lucky 314-odd Bangladeshis, who were the first to…

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CAA BJP’s game plan to brand migrants as Bangladeshis, TMC says – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which is a burning issue in West Bengal, is BJP’s game plan to “brand Bengali Hindu migrants as Bangladeshis“.Addressing an election rally in Nadia’s Ranaghat in West Bengal, the TMC national general secretary claimed that if anyone, despite…

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