File photograph of Rahul Gandhi
The Congress chief demanded speedy assist for migrant employees after 16 had been run over by a practice in Aurangabad on Friday morning whereas they had been making an attempt to return to their rural houses in Madhya Pradesh.
- News18.com
- Last Updated: May 8, 2020, 12:15 PM IST
Asserting that migrant employees reeling from the influence of the coronavirus lockdown want speedy assist from the federal government, former Congress president on Friday demanded that the Centre put cash in folks’s palms to assist them tide over the disaster.
“Migrants need support and money now. Today. MSMEs need help immediately, not tomorrow, or job losses will become tsunami,” Gandhi stated at a press convention known as after 16 migrants strolling house to Madhya Pradesh had been crushed to loss of life in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
He stated the federal government can take the thought of NYAY, the minimal revenue scheme promised by Congress earlier than 2019 polls, and begin giving Rs 7,000 per individual to 50 per cent poor.
The Centre, he stated, must have a method for our migrants and put together post-lockdown pointers quickly.
“The central thing the government needs to do is be transparent about their actions. What are the boxes they want checked off before they start opening things. The government should tell people these are the criteria important for opening,” he added.
Gandhi stated the federal government can not proceed the lockdowns with out offering assist to people who find themselves struggling.
“Opening up is a transition, and government needs to have a strategy to open. I told PM it is not an off and on switch, and it requires coordination on all levels,” he added.
Gandhi had earlier within the day expressed shock over the loss of life of migrant employees who had been run over by a practice in Aurangabad on Friday and stated that India ought to really feel “ashamed” in regards to the therapy being given to the nation’s “nation-builders.”
“I am shocked at the news of our migrant brothers being killed by a goods train. We should feel ashamed about the treatment being given to our nation-builders. My condolences to the families of those killed and I pray for the quick recovery of the injured,” Gandhi stated in a tweet.
मालगाड़ी से कुचले जाने से मजदूर भाई-बहनों के मारे जाने की ख़बर से स्तब्ध हूं। हमें अपने राष्ट्र निर्माणकर्ताओं के साथ किये जा रहे व्यवहार पर शर्म आनी चाहिए। मारे गए लोगों के परिवारों के प्रति संवेदना व्यक्त करता हूं और घायलों के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की प्रार्थना करता हूं।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 8, 2020
At least 16 migrant employees had been run over by a practice in Aurangabad metropolis of Maharashtra on Friday morning whereas they had been making an attempt to return to their rural houses in Madhya Pradesh.
They had been strolling alongside the rail tracks and slept there resulting from exhaustion, an official stated. They had been mowed down by a items practice that was operating between Jalna and Aurangabad at 5.15 am.
At least one individual has additionally been injured within the accident and has been taken to the civil hospital.
The labourers, officers stated, all labored at an iron manufacturing facility in Jalna and had been headed again to Madhya Pradesh amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Last week, the Congress chief had additionally slammed the Railways Ministry for charging the fare of tickets from the stranded migrant employees.
“On the one hand, the Railways is charging ticket fares from the labourers stranded in different states, while on the other hand, the Ministry of Railways is giving Rs 151 crore to the PM Care Fund. Just solve this mystery,” he wrote on Twitter.
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