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Hyderabad, Oct 12 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former minister T. Harish Rao on Sunday spoke over phone to 12 migrant workers from Telangana stranded in Jordan and assured them of all possible assistance for their return.
Migrant workers from Nirmal, Kamareddy, Nizamabad, Jagityal and Siddipet had gone for employment a year ago and are now stuck without money and permission to return.
The BRS MLA spoke to the workers and assured them that the party has taken up the issue with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
He told them that the matter has been escalated to Union Ministers Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay and BRS MP Suresh Reddy is in touch with External Affairs Ministry officials.
Harish Rao assured the migrant workers that all efforts were being made to bring them back to Telangana.
“As soon as your problems came to our notice, we brought them to the attention of the state government and Union ministers Kishan Reddy and Bandi Sanjay,” he said.
“On the other hand, BRS’s Lok Sabha leader and Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Reddy is talking to officials of the Ministry of External Affairs,” he said.
“We are making every possible effort to bring you back to Telangana,” he said and asked the migrant workers not to be disheartened.
The migrant workers told the former minister that they were facing many difficulties as they did not have money to stay there and the company had not allowed them to return home.
He requested that they be reunited with their families in Telangana.
Harish Rao had earlier tweeted that Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s indifference towards the plight of 12 migrant workers is condemnable.
“It is shameful that despite repeated appeals, the central and state governments, who should be providing reassurance to the Gulf victims, are turning a blind eye. Don’t governments have a responsibility to stand with them?” he asked.
He claimed that migration had reduced during the previous BRS government but now migration has started again.
“Due to lack of employment and jobs under the current Congress regime, a serious situation has arisen where people are forced to migrate,” he said.
“Just as it has betrayed all sections of the society, the Congress has also betrayed the families of migrant workers. In its Abhay Hastam manifesto, it made many promises regarding the welfare of Gulf workers and NRIs, but not a single one has been implemented so far. After one and a half years of rule, an advisory committee has been formed to study the welfare of Gulf workers and a comprehensive NRI policy. What to do? When Gulf workers are in trouble If so, then what are the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary Members and Members of the Committee doing?” he asked.
–IANS
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