Priyanka Gandhi urges UP to allow 500 buses for migrants, says 'everyone’s responsibility’

Speaking up on ongoing tussle between Uttar Pradesh government and Congress over 1000 buses arranged for migrants' travel, Congress General Secretary (UP East), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Wednesday, slammed UP CM Yogi Adityanath for t allowing 500 buses which were stranded at UP-Delhi border in Ghaziabad. She added that if those buses had been allowed 20,000 migrants to reach home. To date, 60 lakh migrants have returned back to UP, as stated by Awanish Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary.

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"I have seen visuals where migrants are going to ir places through cycles and ors are carrying ir children on ir shoulders. We have appreciated Yogi ji wherever we found that y are doing good. After we dispatched, 500 buses from Ghaziabad border, we received a letter seeking a list of buses along with details of driver and registration - from here all politics started," she said in her live video conference.

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She added, "On 17 May,  we deployed 500 buses at Ghaziabad border and if all se buses would have been allowed at least 20k people have reached to ir vills. But y (UP govt) told that list is wrong and details are t valid. I want to urge, please allow buses to run and if you want to place BJP flags on buses, you can do".

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Migrant bus controversy

Vadra had arranged 1000 buses to transport migrants walking towards UP, which was accepted by Yogi government. But after demanding details of buses and drivers, UP Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma stated that of 1000 buses -297 buses did t have fitness certificates, 98 were three-wheelers, cars & ambulances and 68 vehicles did t have any papers. Congress rebel MLA Aditi Singh too has slammed her party for 'fraud', while Congress claims that UP government is politicising issue.

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UP's migrant rush

On Sunday, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi, revealed that 522 trains have brought 6.65 lakh migrant workers, from or states till date. Moreover, Uttar Pradesh government instructed all district magistrates to arrange buses for migrant workers, who are found walking on foot, to send m to ir homes. While government has also banned entry of any migrants on foot and trucks in wake of three table trdy, killing 82 migrants travelling in trucks, government is currently, preparing a database of skills of incoming workers to provide employment to 20 lakh people as per ir skills and has suspended 35 labour laws for three years.