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Bengal Assembly Sets Sept. 1–4 Special Sitting to Weigh Censure Over Alleged Attacks on Bengali Migrants

The ruling party seeks to use the sitting to formally denounce treatment of Bengali-speaking workers outside the state.

Overview

  • Speaker Biman Banerjee confirmed a three-day special session on September 1, 2 and 4, with September 3 a state holiday.
  • The TMC plans to move a motion condemning alleged detention, assaults and branding of Bengali-speaking workers as “Bangladeshis,” with leaders also alleging forced pushbacks across the border.
  • Party whips signaled the House will take up concerns over the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of rolls, citing deletions reported in Bihar and warning of similar risks in Bengal.
  • Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari are slated to speak, with sharp exchanges anticipated over migrant safety and electoral rolls.
  • BJP chief whip Shankar Ghosh criticized the agenda as politically driven, as the state highlights its Shramashree aid plan offering returning workers Rs 5,000 travel support and up to Rs 5,000 monthly for a year.