The statements of the Pradesh Congress Committee president Pritam Singh have exposed the party, said the Bharatiya Janata Party state chief spokesman Munna Singh Chauhan. From the state to the national level, the Congress is intentionally inciting the people to panic. Stating this, Chauhan said that it is unfortunate that every statement of the Congress suggests breaking the protocol fixed for COVID-19.
“First the Congress said that there is no registration for bringing back migrants and was busy publicising its purported app. However, the state government made concrete arrangements with nearly two lakh migrants registering to return while the Congress was citing about 20,000. It is disappointing that the Congress has been presenting the transportation of migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic as travel during normal times. It didn’t show even basic responsible thinking to comprehend that in such times, both the states concerned have to follow standard operating procedure and protocols. The Congress doesn’t seem to know that the state government has also facilitated the return of thousands of people from one district to another within the state. Thousands of migrants have already been brought back from various states with the government also arranging to send them to their homes. In such a situation, shortage of buses and transportation facilities is natural.
However, arrangements are also being made to operate special trains for bringing back migrants from Delhi, Mumbai and other big cities. However, the Congress is not understanding this and embarrassed itself in Uttarakhand with the charade of running ‘Sonia Gandhi kitchen’,” said Chauhan.
He further said that the Congress lacks the capability to do anything itself and should stop advising the Uttarakhand government. The BJP spokesman further said that the state government has effectively controlled the spread of COVID-19 and is undertaking relief works which has been appreciated across the nation.
Apart from this, the state government is also preparing schemes for rehabilitation of the returning migrants with a cabinet sub-committee working swiftly on this.