Samik: TMC hurting workers by pushing them out of Bengal
Times of India | 7 August 2025
Kolkata: As Trinamool stepped up the heat against BJP over torture of Bengali-speaking migrants, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya claimed that it was TMC that was hurting migrant labourers by pushing them to work outside Bengal.
"It is Trinamool which is responsible for the infiltration of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, forcing the poor migrants out," Bhattacharya claimed while speaking to reporters outside Parliament. "BJP is a party of Bengal, of Bengalis and Indians. This is not a party of Rohingyas or Bangladeshi jihadis. We will not let West Bengal be West Bangladesh," he added.
Squarely blaming Trinamool for engineering a demographic shift in the districts bordering Bangladesh, Bhattacharya alleged, "Who has poisoned Bengal? Who has shamed Bengal? It is Trinamool. In Darivit, two students were killed demanding Bengali language teachers instead of Urdu. What has the Bengal govt done?" Referring to the TMC protests, he said, "Everyone has the right to protest, but it does not hide what people see in open daylight.