Won't tolerate alleged 'attacks' on migrants: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said that both Bihar and Tamil Nadu governments will not tolerate alleged attacks on migrants labourers and urged the Centre to take steps to resolve the matterThe Bihar government is serious in this matter Hence a team has been sent to Tamil Nadu Both Bihar and Tamil Nadu governments will not tolerate this said Yadav while speaking to media personsThe Deputy Chief Minister further said that the Bihar government has sent a team to find the truthA newspaper has reported that the Bihar BJP chief called the Tamil Nadu BJP chief who told him that no such incident has taken place in Tamil Nadu Our government has sent a team to find the truth Some districts in TN have issued helpline numbers for migrant workers he said on migrant workers issueCan you see any concern from the Government of India in this matter GoI should take steps to resolve this matter between the two states Yadav addedMeanwhile the Police and Tiruppur administration of Tamil Nadu conducted a meeting with representatives of business and industry associations and migrant workers over the issue of alleged attacks on migrantsKM Subramanian Tiruppur Exporters Association said that there are good relations between local and migrant labourersToday we have a meeting with a highlevel committee on the migrant labourers issue Fake news is being spread on social media by some people There are good relations between local amp migrant labourers said SubramanianAddressing a press conference after the meeting Balamurugan IAS Secretary Rural Development Department Bihar in Tiruppur said that Tamil Nadu and Bihar governments taking all efforts for the safety of migrant workers hereWe are talking to migrant workers and also in touch with labour contractors here You should not pay heed to rumours and fake videos TN amp Bihar governments taking all efforts for the safety of migrant workers here said BalamuruganBihar Association in Tamil Nadu also held a meeting with migrant workers who are working in Chennai amid rumours of alleged attacksI am living safely here Videos circulating on social media are fake My family back home has been concerned about my safety ever since the news started circulating but I have reassured them about my safety said Santosh Kumar a migrant worker from Bihar in ChennaiA day after Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief K Annamalai held the ruling DMK party responsible for the ongoing stir over alleged attacks on migrant labourers in the state the police have booked him on charges of inciting violence and promoting enmity between groupsAlso Read Strong legal action would be taken CM Stalin on rumours of attack on migrantsThe Cyber Crime Division have booked the BJP state unit chief under sections of inciting violence and promoting enmity between groups among othersAs per officials a case is also registered against the BJP Bihar Twitter account holder over the incidentAnnamalai yesterday released a statement on the migrant labourers issue saying they are safe in Tamil Nadu but the Chief Minister Stalin ledDravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK and its alliance party leaders are the reason for the hate against themHe also opposed the spread of false news on the attack on the people from Bihar in the state saying that Tamils dont support separatism and vile hatred against north IndiansBesides Annamalai the Tamil Nadu police have also booked four persons including a BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao and two journalistsPrashant Umrao an Editor with Dainik Bhaskar a Patnabased journalist owner of Tanvir Post Twitter handle Mohammad Tanvir and Shubam Shukla were booked at different police stations on the charges of spreading false news regarding attacks on migrant labourers in Tamil NaduA statewide panic was created among migrant workers working in Tamil Nadu after several purported videos showing attacks on migrant workers circulated on social mediaThe panic was triggered after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday raised concerns and took note of the purported videos of attacksThe panic affected the industries in Tamil Nadu which rely on migrant workers badly as many workers stayed off workTaking cognizance of the panic Tamil Nadus Director General of Police Sylendra Babu released a statement saying that the video doing rounds of social media was false and mischievousSomebody in Bihar posted false and mischievous videos saying that migrant workers were attacked in Tamil Nadu Two videos were posted Both are false as these incidents happened at an earlier date in Tiruppur and Coimbatore One was a clash between two groups of migrant workers from Bihar while another was from a clash between two local residents in Coimbatore the top cop saidThe DGP also said that the persons behind this rumourdriven panic will not be sparedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability 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