
Consequence of climate where xenophobia weaponised: CM Mamata Banerjee on migrant worker’s murder
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the death of a migrant worker from West Bengal in Maharashtra's Pune and slammed the 'weaponisation of xenophobia' to target innocent lives.Using her X handle, CM Banerjee shared a video of the incident and expressed her anger at the rising hate crimes in the country."I am shaken, enraged, and sickened beyond words by the barbaric murder of Sukhen Mahato, a 24-year-old migrant worker from Bandwan in Purulia, the sole earning member of his family, in Pune, Maharashtra," Banerjee wrote."This is nothing short of a hate crime. A young man was hunted, tortured, and murdered for his language, his identity, his roots. This is the direct consequence of a climate where xenophobia is weaponised, and innocents are turned into...









