Priyanka Vadra alleges 'Cong buses blocked at UP border'; concedes less than 1000 arranged

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday requested Uttar Pradesh government to allow 897 buses arranged by her party to run. Mentioning that migrant workers were in a lot of distress, she claimed that UP administration had blocked more than 500 buses for several hours at Uncha Nagla border. In video posted by her, state Congress chief Ajay Singh Lallu and or party officials are seen talking to UP police officials demanding buses to be allowed entry into state. 

Moreover, Vadra added that more than 300 buses were on way to Delhi border. Conceding that only 897 out of list of 1049 buses had been found auntic by UP government after a probe, she promised that Congress would send a new list of 200 buses on Wednesday. Highlighting that three days had been wasted in political tussle, she contended that many migrant workers were breathing ir last while walking on road. 

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Congress-UP government tussle over 1000 buses

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

reafter, UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avanish Awasthi asked Congress party to send 500 buses each to Kaushambi, Sahibabad bus stands in Ghaziabad, 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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