Youth Cong leaders confront cops after being denied permission to welcome Rahul at Mysuru Airport
Mysuru: A clash of words erupted between Mohammed Haris Nalapad, the leader of Karnataka Youth Congress, and local police officials following the denial of permission by Mysuru ASP BN Nandini for Youth Congress members to welcome Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the city airport on Wednesday. Rahul Gandhi's visit was in connection with the launch of the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme initiated by the state government.
Anticipating Rahul Gandhi's arrival, members of the Youth Congress, under the leadership of Nalapad, had gathered at the entrance of the Mysuru Airport with the intention of extending a warm welcome to the Congress leader. Additionally, they had organized themselves along the route leading to the Maharaja College Grounds, where Rahul Gandhi was slated to inaugurate the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme.
However, when Nalapad approached ASP Nandini to seek permission for the welcome event, he was met with a refusal. This refusal ignited a confrontation between Nalapad and the police officials, with heated exchanges taking place for a period of time. ASP Nandini stood her ground, citing the need to consult higher-ranking officers before granting permission for the Youth Congress members to carry out the welcome activities for Rahul Gandhi.
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TMC MP Yusuf Pathan visits residence of deceased migrant labourer in Bengal's Beldanga
Kolkata (PTI): TMC MP from Murshidabad Yusuf Pathan on Sunday visited the residence of a migrant labourer from Beldanga whose unnatural death in Jharkhand earlier this week triggered mob violence in the West Bengal town and pledged his support to the victim's family.
Pathan met the parents of 30-year-old Alauddin Sheikh, whose body was found hanging at his shelter in the neighbouring state and brought to his native village in Beldanga on Friday.
"I strongly deplore the harassment and attacks on poor Bengali-speaking migrant workers from Murshidabad and other parts of Bengal who go outside the state in search of livelihood," Pathan told reporters after meeting the family.
"Our party, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and other MPs and MLAs are taking up the issue with the administration of respective states. We are also flagging the issue regularly. I am pledging my support to the victim families," he said.
Responding to opposition allegations that he had failed to visit families of migrant workers who were allegedly killed or harassed in other states, Pathan dismissed the charge as "propaganda".
"It is an attempt by the opposition to mislead people. I have been constantly monitoring every case. I have been constantly monitoring every case, and our supremo Mamata Banerjee and party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee are getting regular feedback," he said.
He said the district administration set up helpline numbers for migrant workers working outside Bengal and called upon them to contact the administration if they faced any trouble.
A day earlier, Abhishek Banerjee had said at a meeting in the district that Pathan would visit the family of Alauddin Sheikh.
Banerjee also said he had taken up the matter with the Jharkhand Chief Minister’s Office, seeking a probe into the incident and action against those responsible for the migrant worker’s death.
