Amid the row over alleged attacks on the state's migrant workers from Bihar, Tamil Nadu's minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development, CV Ganesan, on Monday said the DMK government was in the process of conducting a census of its migrant workforce.
Launching a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party over 'rumoured attacks' on migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha on Sunday said that this was done through a manufactured agenda and that this fake news factory should be shut.
Migrant labourers are leaving Tamil Nadu because of the Holi festival and also the rumours of attacks on migrant labourers, said S Vineeth, Trippur District Collector on Sunday.
In a bid to allay the fear of migrant labourers, working in Tamil Nadu, triggered after several "fake" videos of attacks on them surfaced on social media, the State Governor RN Ravi on Sunday said that North Indian workers need not panic as the State government is committed to providing them
IAS Jagannathan said, "This false propaganda is being carried out to disrupt the relationship between the two states without citing the intelligence agency."
Officials of Tamil Nadu Police have booked four persons, including journalists and a Bharatiya Janata Party leader in connection with the spreading of "false" news over an attack on Bihar-based migrant labourers, creating statewide panic.
Four workers were seriously injured after a newly installed boiler exploded in the Nandi Cooperative Sugar Factory on Saturday night in Babaleshwar town of Vijayapur district, the police said.
A 4-member team reached Chennai on Saturday and participated in a meeting with Chennai District Collector, Commissioner of Tamil Nadu Labour Department and other government officials in connection with the matter.
In a bid to dial down the panic among migrant labourers, working in Tamil Nadu, the Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) and Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) released a joint statement and said that the videos, showing the attack on Bihar-based migrant workers, are false.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday said that those who are spreading rumours that migrant workers are being attacked in Tamil Nadu are against the nation and are causing harm to the integrity of the country.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday said that those who are spreading rumours that migrant workers are being attacked in Tamil Nadu are against the nation and are causing harm to the integrity of the country.