Migrant’s
workers issue turns to bigger challenge for both Central and State
Governments. It seems that BJP
government can’t do exercise before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced
first lock down on March 24th.
It is
surprising that Railway officials asked minimum fares from migrant labours. Sonia
Gandhi said that Congress party would bear fares of migrant workers. She said
that Congress party will bear transportation charges of all migrant workers in
India and respective State PCC would responsible for ticket fares of migrant
workers. This is rude shock to ruling BJP that it can’t expect the move from
Congress. Sonia statement exposed BJP’s ineffectiveness towards poor people.
When the
government can spend nearly Rs. 100 crores on transport and food etc. for just
one public programme in Gujarat, can’t BJP Government spend ticket fares to
migrant workers? How can they pay when
there was nothing with then sine 40 days? Sonia criticized Rail Ministry
donates 151 crores to PM’s corona fund but failed to spend tickets to poor. It
seems that BJP went into defensive mood. Without responding to Sonia
allegations, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar made an assurance to migrant workers need
not pay tickets in special trains.
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