India, July 22 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday after Haryana's Gurugram administration detained 52 Bengali migrant workers on the suspicion that they were illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and sought reports on their background from her administration.

"Today, a notice from Gurgaon reached the district magistrates and police superintendents of Malda, South Dinajpur, North Dinajpur, Nadia, Murshidabad, Cooch Behar and North 24 Parganas. The Gurugram administration has detained 52 people from these districts and has asked our DMs and SPs to verify their backgrounds and send reports," Banerjee told the media at Nabanna, the state secretariat.

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