Indian Opinion

Mukesh Devrari Migrants workers were attacked in Gujarat. People were angry as one toddler was raped and assaulted by a migrant worker. No doubt people are angry and looking at the incident as an assault on native Gujarati population. This incident provided an opportunity for the disgruntled local population to vent out their anger.  Irrespective of the amount of genuine anger and pain felt by the local population, it is wrong to attack innocent migrant workers from the Hindi belt who have moved to the slightly industrialized states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat in hordes, for the someone else’s crime. It is the responsibility of the state government to ensure that the mob must not attack the migrant workers who moved to Gujarat to earn their living out of necessity, not out of desire.   No individual wants to move to other places by leaving behind family and near and dear ones. Migration to particular areas can be interpreted as a human quest for better to