Sonia Gandhi to chair opposition meeting over migrants’ plight on May 20
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will chair the assembly of leaders of opposition events over the plight of migrant staff and alleged dilution of labour legal guidelines. According to report, round 17 opposition events have agreed to take part within the assembly which will likely be held by way of videoconferencing on May 20 (Friday).
The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have to substantiate their participation, sources added.
Rendered jobless because of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, which started on March 25, and determined to get house, hundreds of migrant staff throughout the nation have been marching on the state highways to their native locations on foot, on bicycles or packed into vehicles.
Notably, lots of them have misplaced their lives in accidents in several elements of the nation.
The Opposition has criticised the federal government over its dealing with of the migrant disaster. The Congress and different opposition events have additionally attacked the Centre for permitting BJP-ruled states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat to amend labour legal guidelines to lure overseas buyers and to strip staff of their fundamental rights.
Last week, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was seen interacting with a gaggle of migrants within the nationwide capital. Later, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attacked the Congress chief and known as the stint as nothing however ‘dramabaazi’.
She attacked the Opposition occasion for taking part in politics on the difficulty and requested them to affix the efforts of the federal government in serving to migrants attain their native cities. “I am urging the opposition party very politely, folding my hands and requesting them here. We must all come together and help migrant labourers in this crisis,” Sitharaman said. She additionally appealed to Sonia Gandhi with ‘folded fingers’, to to discuss migrant staff extra responsibly.
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