Urged Shah to take steps for bringing back stranded people of Bengal: Adhir

Leader of Congress party in Lok

Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Thursday said that he requested to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to take steps so that patients, students and migrant workers of West Bengal, who are now stranded in various states, can return home.

Chowdhury also alleged that the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal was not keen on getting these people of the state back.

The Congress eader said that Shah has assured him that he will talk to the West Bengal chief minister in this regard.

"I have talked to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. It is his responsibility to give relief to the people stuck in different states owing to the lockdown and hold consultations with the respective state governments in this regard," Chowdhury said.

The Congress leader claimed that Shah has told him that Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have facilitated the return of 2.5 lakh and 1.5 lakh migrant labourers respectively, while the West Bengal government is not pursuing the return ..