It turns even more atrocious!!! <<The Uttar Pradesh Congress chief was dragged and removed (and arrested under various charges) by the police from the Agra-Rajasthan border in Uncha Nangla area where he had staged a sit-in protest demanding that buses, his party had arranged to ferry back migrants to their homes, be allowed to enter Uttar Pradesh.>>
(Ref.: < https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/police-arrests-up-congress-chief-ajay-kumar-lallu-in-agra >.) Sukla On Tue, 19 May 2020, 19:00 Sukla Sen <[email protected] wrote: > > [So very atrocious! > > <<An hour after the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh alleged > that the list of buses submitted to the state government by the Congress > for carrying migrant workers include registration numbers of cars, > scooters, and autos, UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu hit back at the > BJP government saying that he can make the details of the 1000 buses public. > > “The UP government is trying to confuse people; they are intentionally > making up fake numbers to do politics. We have provided the registration > numbers of buses; we can make it public, you can verify it,” said Lallu > while reacting to the allegations levelled by UP minister and spokesperson > Siddharth Nath Singh. > > Earlier in the day, Singh told the media that the Congress deserved > condemnation for this kind of “fraud and forgery”. > > “It is unforgivable that a political party should resort to this kind of > petty politics in the name of migrant workers. The Congress owes an apology > to the nation,” Singh was reported as saying by the media. > ... > It may be recalled that (Additional Chief Secretary (Home)) Awasthi had > also shot off a letter a day before on Monday midnight, asking the Congress > to bring all the buses to Lucknow by 10 am on Tuesday. > > Terming the decision taken by the BJP government as “inhumane and > anti-poor,” Sandeep shot back saying that the Congress party will deploy > the buses as per the promise. > > Ironically, the Yogi government has already granted permission to the > Congress party to run 1000 buses for the migrants. Out of these 1000 buses, > 500 were parked near Mathura border. > > The BJP govt changed the decision at midnight apparently in order to only > create hurdles for the Congress party. > > The letter sent by the UP government said that directives have been sent > to the concerned district magistrates who will check the vehicle fitness, > driving licenses of drivers and other documents before deploying them for > migrant workers.>> > > (Excerpted from sl. no. I below.) > > <<"The offer made to the chief minister through the letter on May 16 in > connection with migrant labourers has been accepted," Additional Chief > Secretary Awasthi (Home and Information) had said in a letter to Priyanka > Gandhi's private secretary. > > A little later on Twitter, Priyanka Gandhi, who is the Congress general > secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, had thanked Adityanath. > > "Thank you for allowing us to run 1,000 buses at the expense of the > Congress to help thousands of brothers and sisters walking on the roads in > Uttar Pradesh," she had tweeted in Hindi. > > She had said the Congress will stand with these people during the > difficult time they face. > > In a television interview earlier on Monday, Adityanath accused the > Congress of playing politics over the plight of migrant workers. > > (Priyanka Gandhi's Private Secretary) Singh in his letter on Tuesday also > expressed surprise at the chief minister, saying his government was > demanding the details of buses since the last three days and asserted that > the details were provided immediately after the letter from the UP > government was received in this regard.>> > > (Excerpted from sl. no. II below.)] > > I/II. > > https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/yogi-govt-flip-flops-over-1000-buses-for-migrants-congress-sharpens-attack-on-it-for-sowing-confusion > > Yogi govt flip-flops over 1000 buses for migrants: Congress sharpens > attack on it for sowing confusion > UP Congress president says he can make the registration numbers of the > buses public after govt alleged that the list of buses submitted to it > included registration numbers of cars, scooters, and autos > > Published: 19 May 2020, 3:38 PM > > An hour after the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh alleged that > the list of buses submitted to the state government by the Congress for > carrying migrant workers include registration numbers of cars, scooters, > and autos, UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu hit back at the BJP > government saying that he can make the details of the 1000 buses public. > > “The UP government is trying to confuse people; they are intentionally > making up fake numbers to do politics. We have provided the registration > numbers of buses; we can make it public, you can verify it,” said Lallu > while reacting to the allegations levelled by UP minister and spokesperson > Siddharth Nath Singh. > > Earlier in the day, Singh told the media that the Congress deserved > condemnation for this kind of “fraud and forgery”. > > “It is unforgivable that a political party should resort to this kind of > petty politics in the name of migrant workers. The Congress owes an apology > to the nation,” Singh was reported as saying by the media. > > He further said that it was because of this that the Uttar Pradesh > government had sought details of the vehicles when the Congress sought > permission to provide buses to carry the migrants. > > However, it is worth noting that buckling under the pressure, the Yogi > Adityanath government asked the Congress to deploy 500 buses at Kaushambhi > bus station in Ghaziabad and 500 buses at Gautam Buddha Nagar near Expo > Mart ground by Tuesday noon to ferry the migrant workers. > > The letter to this effect was sent by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) > Avanish Awasthi to Priyanka Gandhi’s personal secretary, Sandeep Singh. > > Awasthi also has shot off a letter, a day before at the midnight on > Monday, asking the Congress to bring all the buses to Lucknow by 10 am on > Tuesday. > > However, it is worth noting that in a sign that it was that buckling under > the pressure, the Yogi Adityanath government asked the Congress to deploy > 500 buses at Kaushambhi bus station in Ghaziabad and 500 buses at Gautam > Buddha Nagar near Expo Mart ground by Tuesday noon to ferry the migrant > workers. > > A letter to this effect was sent by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) > Avanish Awasthi to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s personal secretary, > Sandeep Singh. > > It may be recalled that Awasthi had also shot off a letter a day before on > Monday midnight, asking the Congress to bring all the buses to Lucknow by > 10 am on Tuesday. > > Terming the decision taken by the BJP government as “inhumane and > anti-poor,” Sandeep shot back saying that the Congress party will deploy > the buses as per the promise. > > Ironically, the Yogi government has already granted permission to the > Congress party to run 1000 buses for the migrants. Out of these 1000 buses, > 500 were parked near Mathura border. > > The BJP govt changed the decision at midnight apparently in order to only > create hurdles for the Congress party. > > The letter sent by the UP government said that directives have been sent > to the concerned district magistrates who will check the vehicle fitness, > driving licenses of drivers and other documents before deploying them for > migrant workers. > > II. > > https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/up-govt-playing-politics-over-offer-to-provide-buses-for-migrants-congress-120051900440_1.html > > UP govt playing politics over offer to provide buses for migrants: Congress > Priyanka Gandhi's office alleged that the demand shows that the UP > government lacks the intention to help those stranded at the state's borders > Topics > Priyanka Gandhi | UP govt | migrant workers > > Agencies | New Delhi > Last Updated at May 19, 2020 12:02 IST > > Yogi Adityanath > > UP government had asked Priyanka Gandhi, who had made the offer, to > provide it with a list of buses along with the names of their drivers and > conductors > > ALSO READ > UP govt accepts Priyanka Gandhi proposal to run 1,000 buses for migrants > Lockdown: 1.35 mn migrant labourers return to UP amid Covid-19 crisis > Congress offers to ply 1,000 buses for stranded migrants returning to UP > UP govt use Disaster Relief Fund to pay for migrants' rail tickets > Migrant workers sprayed with chlorine in UP, Priyanka calls it 'inhuman' > > > Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's office on Tuesday said > the Uttar Pradesh government has demanded that the 1,000 buses the party > wants to ply for ferrying migrant labourers back to the state be handed > over in Lucknow this morning and alleged that the move is politically > motivated. > > It also alleged that the demand shows that the UP government lacks the > intention to help those stranded at the state's borders, news agency PTI > reported. > > The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday had accepted the Congress' offer to > run 1,000 buses to bring migrant labourers back to the state, a proposal > which had triggered a war of words between the two sides. > > In a letter to Additional Chief Secretary Avneesh Kumar Awasthi, Priyanka > Gandhi's private secretary Sandeep Singh said a letter was received from > the UP official at 11.40 am via email, in which it has been stated that > 1,000 buses with all documents be handed over at Lucknow by 10 am on > Tuesday. > > ALSO READ: Coronavirus LIVE: India cases rise to 101261; global cases near > 4.9 million > > "In a situation when thousands of workers are walking on the streets and > thousands of people have gathered at the UP borders at various registration > centres, sending 1,000 empty buses to Lucknow is not only a waste of time > and resources but is also inhuman and the product of an anti-poor mindset," > Singh said in the letter in Hindi. > > "This demand of your government seems politically motivated. It does not > seem that your government wants to help our labourer brothers and sisters > who are facing a disaster," the letter said. > > The state government had asked Priyanka Gandhi, who had made the offer, to > provide it with a list of buses along with the names of their drivers and > conductors. > > Subsequently, her private secretary Singh had given details of the buses > and its drivers to the UP government in an email. > > "All details of the 1,000 buses are attached with this e-mail. Out of > them, a few drivers will be reverified and those details will also be > mailed to you in a few hours. I hope you will give permission for those > buses to ply as soon as possible," Singh had said in the communication to > the UP government on Monday. > > The Congress leader had recently written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister > Yogi Adityanath, seeking permission to run 1,000 buses at her party's > expense. > > The party had then accused the BJP-run UP government of ignoring the offer. > > ALSO READ: Congress offers to ply 1,000 buses for stranded migrants > returning to UP > > "The offer made to the chief minister through the letter on May 16 in > connection with migrant labourers has been accepted," Additional Chief > Secretary Awasthi (Home and Information) had said in a letter to Priyanka > Gandhi's private secretary. > > A little later on Twitter, Priyanka Gandhi, who is the Congress general > secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, had thanked Adityanath. > > "Thank you for allowing us to run 1,000 buses at the expense of the > Congress to help thousands of brothers and sisters walking on the roads in > Uttar Pradesh," she had tweeted in Hindi. > > She had said the Congress will stand with these people during the > difficult time they face. > > In a television interview earlier on Monday, Adityanath accused the > Congress of playing politics over the plight of migrant workers. > > Singh in his letter on Tuesday also expressed surprise at the chief > minister, saying his government was demanding the details of buses since > the last three days and asserted that the details were provided immediately > after the letter from the UP government was received in this regard. > > Read our full coverage on Priyanka Gandhi > First Published: Tue, May 19 2020. 12:02 IST > -- > Peace Is Doable > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZjw92kNnRVEG6L_%3DwNUgjrrzRtpZ8%2Bo5Qn3%3DfTwAk6UxA%40mail.gmail.com.
