The Congress Party on Saturday claimed that migrant workers walking from Ambala to Jhansi were immediately taken into private custody by Delhi police after the migrant’s interaction with the former President of Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi.
The police said they took the workers into custody as they “received directions” to do so.
No money for fares, migrants from Telugu states trudge unending miles to be home
Rahul Gandhi, said Congress sources, had gone to the Sukhdev Vihar locality near the Delhi-Faridabad border to interact with the traveling migrants.
Rahul Gandhi came and met us half an hour back. He booked the vehicle for us and said he will drop us to our homes. He gave us food, water and mask: Devendra, a migrant labourer https://t.co/qPyYQ3JswH pic.twitter.com/kX7OTDmuP4
— ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2020
The migrant workers were left with no option but to walk to their homes after they ran out of food, money, and shelter due to the nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday also said that the Centre should stop acting like a ”sahukar” (money lender) for its children, and demanded that cash assistance be given to the poor and vulnerable sections, who are in dire need of money now, than credit.
