On the directives of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, who is also the state party president of the party, a 50- member team of the Samajwadi Party left for Nepal to assess the situation there. The team is led by SP youth leader Sunil Yadav’ Sajjan’ and comprises several other youth leaders who will monitor the relief work being carried out by the state government.
Party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhry said that the team will ensure that the relief materials sent by the UP government reaches the right people. UP Government has sent 21 trucks carrying medicines, water bottles and food material including biscuits. The Government has also sent a fleet of 67 buses to bring back stranded Indians. “UP Government does not want to limit its role in sending relief material. It also wants to ensure that those materials are distributed among the needy people,” Chaudhry said.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister while sending off the team said that Nepal is our neighbour and it is our duty to help them during such natural calamity. “We should feel their pain and help them at the time of crisis,” he told the team members. He said that UP government has already sent several trucks loaded with relief materials and more would be sent very soon. The team led by Sunil Yadav comprises youth leaders of the party including Udai Veer Singh (Firozabad), Mahendra Yadav (Basti), Arvind Giri (Ballia), Dr Imran (Kanpur), Ajit Pratap Singh (Jaunpur) and Ramesh Srivastava (Unnao).