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12 Bengali migrant workers murdered in 6 states, Maharashtra tops the crime list
Following the recently unleashed hysteria on the misnomer “Bangladeshi immigrants”, spearheaded by BJP elected officials from the Centre to States, as many as 12 Bengali migrant workers have been murdered, revealing the physical targeted harm that can flow out of systemic hate speech made by those in public authority; these are statistics compiled by the West Bengal Migrants Welfare Board; 4 of the 12 killed have been in “progressive” Maharashtra and 10 in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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