The migrant workers’ protest at Bandra set off a political slugfest in Maharashtra with the Shiv Sena blaming the Centre for failing to decide how migrant labourers could be safely sent back to their hometowns and the state BJP accusing the MVA government of “abdicating” its responsibility.
“The current situation at Bandra Station, now dispersed, or even the rioting in Surat is a result of the Union government not being able to take a call on arranging a way back home for migrant labourers. They don’t want food or shelter, they want to go back home,” state Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray tweeted. The textile workers from Surat, largely from Orissa, had last week created ruckus and set handcarts on fire in Laskana area of the district demanding for arrangements to return home.
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