NEW DELHI : Ahead of a crucial meeting between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and key opposition party leaders on migrant labourers, a war of words broke out on Tuesday between Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Uttar Pradesh government over providing transport to people returning home.
At least one million migrant labourers from UP left for their home state, mostly on foot, amid the over 50-day nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.
While Congress alleged that buses arranged by party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for migrants were not being utilized, the state government said the Congress was not providing adequate information. “We have done preliminary inquiry and it has come to surface that