Mamata Banerjee on Saturday condemned the attacks on Bengali migrant workers in BJP-ruled states and tried to placate Bengal’s Muslim community, a day after facing accusations of inaction over the lynching of a Murshidabad youth in Odisha. Suspected Hindutva activists had killed Juyel, 21, and injured two of his companions — also migrant workers from Murshidabad — after branding them “Bangladeshi infiltrators”. “We strongly condemn the brutal oppression and persecution that has descended upon Bengali-speaking people in every BJP-ruled state,” Mamata wrote. “Very recently, various forms of oppression have descended upon some migrant workers from the Jangipur area in BJP-ruled Odisha,” she wrote. “Migrant workers in Murshidabad are returning home terrified from Odisha.

Source: The Telegraph December 28, 2025 06:28 UTC