In the midst of the Corona crisis, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former UP Chief Minister Mayawati expressed concern for migrant labourers and poor people trapped in various states during the lockdown and demanded the central government to make arrangements for them to reach their homes.  On Wednesday, she tweeted that lakhs of poor and labourers are facing unemployment and starvation and want to return home. Mayawati said that just as the students trapped in Kota were transported to their homes, similarly these migrant poor should also be sent back to their home.

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In his statement further, BSP chief Mayawati tweeted that 'due to the nationwide lockdown caused by the Corona outbreak, lakhs of poor and labourers in Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana and other states are facing unemployment and starvation. They are not getting even a one-time meal properly. They want to return to their homes under any circumstances. Mayawati further wrote that "it is a request to the central government that after considering this demand sympathetically and also following the rules of lockdown properly, make arrangements to send them to their homes by special trains and buses etc."

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BSP chief Mayawati welcomed the decision of the Uttar Pradesh government to send buses to bring back the students trapped in Rajasthan's Kota. She also demanded that similar steps be taken for those workers who are stuck away from their homes. On Saturday, BSP supremo Mayawati tweeted that the UP government has sent a lot of buses to Kota, Rajasthan to bring back about 7,500 students. This is a good move. The BSP also appreciates this, but we are also urging the government to show such concern to the millions of poor migrant labourer families here who are still being forced to live hellish lives away from their homes.

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