Kolkata, May 28 -- With the Railways sending 41 trains packed with migrant workers to Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has questioned the Centre's "true intentions" behind pushing back lakhs of people "many of whom are infected with the coronavirus ... particularly in the aftermath of super cyclone Amphan," and said she would request Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention into the matter.

A visibly miffed Chief Minister on Wednesday said that the "Centre is pushing Bengal into a catastrophic situation by pushing back lakhs of migrant workers many of who are corona infected" particularly at a time when the State's infrastructure is bursting at its seams in the wake of Amphan.

"Already a few lakh migrant workers have come back to...