While the operation to repatriate migrant workers to their native places amid the coronavirus lockdown continues, Bihar’s Minister of Water Resources Department and JD(U) national general secretary Sanjay Kumar Jha locked horns with the Delhi government on the matter.
Jha said that he saw a tweet by a Delhi minister saying that the Kejriwal government will be paying for the rail tickets of 1,200 migrants who are travelling from Delhi to Muzaffarpur.
On one hand you are taking credit saying you are sending them back on your money & on the other hand you are asking Bihar government to return the money: Sanjay Kumar Jha, Bihar Minister
However, Jha said he has a copy of a letter sent by the Delhi government asking for the reimbursement from the Bihar government.
मुख्यमंत्री श्री की पहल पर से छात्रों को लाने का जो काम शुरू हुआ था, शुक्रवार को आखिरी स्पेशल ट्रेन के आने के साथ पूरा हुआ। 11 ट्रेनों से कुल 13473 विद्यार्थी वापस आए, जिसके लिए बिहार सरकार ने 78.43 लाख रु एडवांस भुगतान किया।
हम अपने हरेक नागरिक के साथ हैं।
श्रमिकों को लेकर दिल्ली से मुज़फ़्फ़रपुर, बिहार के लिए रवाना हुई ट्रेन। ट्रेन में सवार सभी 1200 लोगों का किराया देगी सरकार।
Aam Aadmi Party’s Gopal Rai, who serves as the minister of environment, development, labour & employment in Delhi cabinet, tweeted a video of 1,200 migrant labourers aboard a train departing from Delhi to Muzaffarpur on Friday. Rai, in the tweet, stated that the fare of rail tickets for all 1200 people on board will be borne by the Kejriwal government.
In a series of tweets, Rai was slammed by Jha on Friday.
1/2 श्रीमान जी! झूठ के साथ समस्या यही है कि आप भूल जाते हैं कि कब क्या बोल चुके हैं? अब देखिए न, आपके मंत्री ट्विटर पर सफेद झूठ बोल रहे हैं कि दिल्ली से मुजफ्फरपुर आनेवाली ट्रेन का किराया आपकी सरकार देगी, फिर चिट्ठी भेजकर हमसे पैसे भी मांगते हैं।
“Honorable chief minister @NitishKumar had already made it clear that we will give additional Rs 500 to the workers in addition to the amount of the fare, so why are the Delhi government ministers lying in broad daylight?” Jha tweeted.
“It is not fair to take money from them (migrant labourers), they have been staying in shelter homes for the last two months. From where will they get money to pay for tickets, so the Delhi Govt paid for it. One shouldn’t do politics over it,” Jain said.