Employers and contractors often hastily send injured labourers back to their home state. Only a handful stay back and fight their case, while others lack awareness about their legal rights and return home empty handed.
Industry hit in Kerala as workers from West Bengal, Assam leave for voting
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Labourers from West Bengal, Assam have gone home to exercise their franchise
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Labourers from West Bengal, Assam have gone home to exercise their franchise Kabir Ahmad (name changed), a migrant worker in Perumbavoor, had to spend a small fortune on a flight ticket to return home to Hojai district of Assam last month following his parents’ anguished plea to get back in time for voting. Their desperation was borne out of the perceived danger posed to the community by the National Register of Citizens (NRC) proposed by the Union government and the cost that each wasted vote may entail in the fight to keep the legislation at bay. Though not fully convinced of their anxiety, Kabir, who has been in Kerala for over a decade and speaks fluent Malayalam, did vote in the election held on April 1.