The UP govt has written to Congress leader’s office demanding information of the buses, their numbers, and names of their drivers.
Lucknow| The Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government has agreed to allow 1000 buses to run offered by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi to help migrants reach home. The UP govt has written to Congress leader’s office demanding information of the buses, their numbers, and names of their drivers.
On May 16th, Priyanka Gandhi had appealed CM Yogi Adityanath with this request.
In a video posted one day after the accident on a highway near Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh, in which 24 migrant workers were killed and 36 injured when a trailer rammed a stationary truck, Gandhi had made this appeal.
“Respected chief minister, I am requesting you, this is not the time for politics. Our buses are standing at the border. Thousands of labourers and migrants are walking towards their homes without food or water and after fighting all troubles. Let us help them. Give permission to our buses,” she had said.
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In another tweet on her handle, she said, “Our buses are standing at the border. Thousands of nation-builders workers and migrants are walking in the sun. Give permission Yogi Adityanath ji. Let us help our brothers and sisters.”
She had also posted a video of buses standing at Uttar Pradesh border ready to run.
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