PATNA: A day after Union ministry of home affairs allowed interstate movement of stranded people, opposition parties in the state exerted pressure on Nitish Kumar government to take immediate steps to bring back lakhs of migrant workers and tens of hundreds of students stranded in other states.
Leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav even offered 2,000 buses to the state government to bring back the stranded people.
“The opposition is giving 2,000 buses to the state government. Just take them and bring back our brothers. You can take credit for it and we don’t have any objection, but please do something on urgent basis. This is not the time to think, but to act,” Tejashwi said in a message to the CM.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad also launched a scathing attack on the state government. Citing a couplet of famous poet Kabir, Lalu tweeted, “The treatment being meted by this cruel government with sons and daughters of Bihar, the same treatment will be given in return to this government by crores of these saddened people (sic).”
Lalu, who is serving jail terms in fodder scam cases, has been undergoing treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi since August 2018 and his official Twitter handle is managed by his family and close aides with his consultation.
JAP (L) chief and former RJD MP Pappu Yadav also claimed that he arranged 30 buses at Kota for bringing stranded students back to Bihar. “Bihar government doesn’t have resources, but I am fully committed to bringing back stranded people. I have made 30 buses available in Kota to bring back our students. I also request Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot to sanitise the buses and make arrangements for safe journey of students,” Pappu tweeted.
Congress’s Bihar unit president Madan Mohan Jha also criticised the state government for delay in bringing back stranded people. “Now that the Centre has allowed interstate movement of stranded people, there is no point of making further delay in bringing back migrant workers and students from other states,” he said.
Leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav even offered 2,000 buses to the state government to bring back the stranded people.
“The opposition is giving 2,000 buses to the state government. Just take them and bring back our brothers. You can take credit for it and we don’t have any objection, but please do something on urgent basis. This is not the time to think, but to act,” Tejashwi said in a message to the CM.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad also launched a scathing attack on the state government. Citing a couplet of famous poet Kabir, Lalu tweeted, “The treatment being meted by this cruel government with sons and daughters of Bihar, the same treatment will be given in return to this government by crores of these saddened people (sic).”
Lalu, who is serving jail terms in fodder scam cases, has been undergoing treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi since August 2018 and his official Twitter handle is managed by his family and close aides with his consultation.
JAP (L) chief and former RJD MP Pappu Yadav also claimed that he arranged 30 buses at Kota for bringing stranded students back to Bihar. “Bihar government doesn’t have resources, but I am fully committed to bringing back stranded people. I have made 30 buses available in Kota to bring back our students. I also request Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot to sanitise the buses and make arrangements for safe journey of students,” Pappu tweeted.
Congress’s Bihar unit president Madan Mohan Jha also criticised the state government for delay in bringing back stranded people. “Now that the Centre has allowed interstate movement of stranded people, there is no point of making further delay in bringing back migrant workers and students from other states,” he said.
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