Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): Uttar Pradesh government on Monday agreed to Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s request to run 1,000 buses for migrant labourers. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Avnish Awasthi wrote to the personal secretary of Gandhi informing her in this regard and also sought details of the 1,000 buses.
Earlier, the Congress leader had requested Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to allow the buses arranged by her party, to enter the State in order to take migrant labourers to their homes.
Gandhi took to Twitter and posted a video featuring buses queued up in a row
हमारी बसें बॉर्डर पर खड़ी हैं। हजारों की संख्या में राष्ट्र निर्माता श्रमिक और प्रवासी भाई-बहन धूप में पैदल चल रहे हैं।
परमीशन दीजिए @myogiadityanath जी, हमें अपने भाइयों और बहनों की मदद करने दीजिए pic.twitter.com/kNyxdKyxZA
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) May 17, 2020
“Our buses are standing at the border. Thousands of migrants and labourers are walking in the heat. Please give permission CM Yogi Adityanath ji, let us help our brothers and sisters,” Gandhi wrote.
आदरणीय मुख्यमंत्री जी, मैं आपसे निवेदन कर रही हूँ, ये राजनीति का वक्त नहीं है। हमारी बसें बॉर्डर पर खड़ी हैं। हजारों श्रमिक, प्रवासी भाई बहन बिना खाये पिये, पैदल दुनिया भर की मुसीबतों को उठाते हुए अपने घरों की ओर चल रहे हैं। हमें इनकी मदद करने दीजिए। हमारी बसों को परमीशन दीजिए। pic.twitter.com/K2ldjDaSRd
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) May 17, 2020
In another tweet, she wrote, “Respected Chief Minister, I am requesting you, this is not the time for politics. Our buses are standing on the border. Thousands of labourers and migrants, without eating anything, are walking towards their homes. Let us help them, give permission to our buses.”
