Published 13:37 IST, May 20th 2020

Congress' Raebareli MLA slams own party; exposes Priyanka Vadra's '1000 buses' hypocrisy

Congress MLA Aditi Singh has once again targeted her own party over the '1000 bus' row in UP. 'What's need for such low-level politics at this time?" she asked

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Congress MLA from Raebareli iti Singh has once again targeted her own party over '1000 bus' row in Uttar Presh. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, she asked what that is need for such a low level of politics at time of disaster. She ded that if buses were available, why were y t send to Rajasthan, Punjab and Maharashtra and asked what a cruel joke this is?

'What a cruel joke is this?'

In a tweet in Hindi, she said, "What is need of such low level of politics at time of a disaster. A list of 1,000 buses was sent and more than half of registration numbers were fake, 297 were junk buses, 98 were autorickshaws and vehicles like ambulance, 68 vehicles were without any papers. What a cruel joke this is! If re were buses n why did you t send m to Rajasthan, Punjab and Maharashtra?”

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In ar tweet, iti Singh asked where were se so-called buses when thousands of children from UP were stranded in Kota, forget about helping m to reach ir homes.  Congress government could t even leave m at border. "n Shri Yogi ityanath Ji spent night to bring m back in  buses. Rajasthan CM himself also praised it,” she said.

Congress-UP govt's tussle over 1000 buses

On May 16, Priyanka Vra wrote to UP CM Yogi ityanath, urging him to permit Congress party to run 1,000 buses to ferry migrant workers back to ir native place. UP ministration accepted this request on Monday, asking opposition party to send buses to Luckw by 10 am on Tuesday. However, Vra's private secretary Sandeep Singh stated that sending empty buses to Luckw was "inhuman" at a time when thousands of workers h gared at borders of UP.

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reafter, UP ditional Chief Secretary (Home) Avanish Awasthi asked Congress party to send 500 buses each to Kaushambi, Sahibab bus stands in Ghaziab, and ground near Expo Mart in Gautam Buddh Nagar where y will be handed over to respective District Magistrates. Singh again wrote back, remarking that it would be possible for Congress to send buses only by 5 pm on Tuesday. Meanwhile, UP Minister Sidharth Nath Singh revealed that many two-wheelers, auto-rickshaws, and good carriers were in list of buses submitted by Congress party. He called upon Congress president Sonia Gandhi to explain why y were committing this "fraud".

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13:36 IST, May 20th 2020