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Four weeks after Calcutta High Court directed the repatriation of six migrant workers pushed into Bangladesh, they continue to languish successful the overseas country, including pregnant Sunali Bibi and 5 others. The Trinamool Congress leadership has erstwhile again blamed the Union authorities for the workers’ plight and nonaccomplishment to bring them back.
Shashi Panja, the Minister of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare of West Bengal accused that the Bharatiya Janta Party’s cardinal authorities has flouted the Calcutta High Court bid which was passed connected September 26.
“The deportation was wrong. Who fought the battle? The Trinamool Congress... The cardinal authorities did not instrumentality a azygous measurement to bring them back... They continued to effort and statement the six radical as Bangladeshis, so they remain in Bangladesh,” Ms Panja further said connected Friday (October 24).
Samirul Islam, Rajya Sabha MP, and Chairman of Migrant Workers Welfare Board successful West Bengal said that a Bangladesh Court also determined that these six radical were not Bangladeshi nationals and asked for arrangements to instrumentality them backmost to India.
“The Union Government led by BJP has forgotten to abide by the instrumentality oregon the constitution. They person failed to adjacent enactment connected a mandatory bid passed by the Calcutta High Court and are letting a pregnant woman suffer,” Mr Islam told The Hindu on Friday. He besides added that they are not capable to establish proper channels of connection with the six migrant workers and are grappling to get updates astir their well-being. Mr Islam said that according to past updates received, Sunali Bibi is yet to present her child.
This comes successful absorption to the September 26 Calcutta High Court order, where they asked the authorities to instrumentality each measurement to bring backmost the languishing migrants. “...are mandatorily directed to instrumentality each steps to bring back Sunali, Danish and Sabir to India wrong a play of 4 weeks from the day of connection of the order,” the bid said.
A Division Bench comprising Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Reetobrata Mitra gave this absorption based connected a writ petition filed by Bhodu Sheikh and Amir Khan, relatives of the six migrants who were pushed backmost into Bangladesh.
Concerns were besides raised astir the information that Sunali Bibi was 8-months pregnant successful August. Her father Mr Sheikh raised concerns that if his grandchild is born while Sunali is successful Bangladesh, then his grandchild is calved successful Bangladesh helium volition person nary assertion implicit Indian citizenship.
“What volition beryllium the nationality of my grandchild, if helium is calved successful Bangladesh,” asked Mr Sheikh.
Sunali Bibi, her hubby Danish Sheikh, and their 8-year-old child were portion of the group of six people who were detained from Delhi and pushed into Bangladesh months back. The group besides included Sweety Bibi and her two minor sons.
Prior to this, determination person been respective instances of migrant workers who person alleged been pushed into Bangladesh by the information agencies. A fewer of them person been repatriated aft the families approached the Calcutta High Court.
