UP govt accepts Priyanka Gandhi proposal to run 1,000 buses for migrants

The UP government said the influx of migrants from the Congress ruled states like Rajasthan and Punjab was happening without proper arrangement and screening

Uttar Pradesh's BJP government on Monday accepted Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's offer to organise 1,000 buses for ferrying the incoming migrants--a rare time the political rivals will cooperate.

Priyanka on Saturday wrote to UP chief minister Adityanath, seeking his government's permission to run buses from Ghaziabad and Noida borders to migrant workers' home districts during a national lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

Acknowledging Vadra’s letter, UP additional chief secretary Awanish Kumar Awasthi has formally sought the details of the drivers and conductors of these buses, so that they could be deployed for the intrastate movement of labourers.