Priyanka arranges 1,000 buses to take migrant workers back home
UP accepts request from Congress general secretary
The Uttar Pradesh government yesterday agreed to Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s request to run 1,000 buses for migrant labourers.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avnish Awasthi wrote to the personal secretary of Gandhi informing her in this regard and also sought details of the 1,000 buses.
Request to Adityanath
Earlier, the Congress leader had requested Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to allow the buses arranged by her party to enter the state in order to take migrant labourers back to their homes.
Gandhi took to Twitter and posted a video featuring buses queued up in a row.
“Our buses are standing at the border. Thousands of migrants and labourers are walking in the heat. Please give permission CM Yogi Adityanath ji, let us help our brothers and sisters,” Gandhi wrote.
In another tweet, she wrote, “Respected Chief Minister, I am requesting you, this is not the time for politics. Our buses are standing on the border. Thousands of labourers and migrants, without eating anything, are walking towards their homes. Let us help them, give permission to our buses.”
Earlier, after a political row ensued over Gandhi’s offer, her personal secretary also gave details of the buses and its drivers to the UP government.
In a letter, Gandhi’s personal secretary Sandeep Singh said, “All details of the 1,000 buses are attached with this email. Out of them, few drivers will be re-verified ... I hope you will give permission for those buses to ply as soon as possible.”