New Delhi, May 16: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met migrant workers who were embarking on foot journey from Delhi to their home states. Visuals of the brief interaction was shared by the party on their social media handle. Subsequently, the Congress accused the Delhi Police of detaining the group which met Gandhi.
The charge was denied by Delhi Police sources while speaking to news agency ANI. They claimed that the migrants who spoke to Gandhi are present near the same location where they were earlier seen. The accusation of detaining the migrants for their meeting with the Congress leader was categorically denied.
Gandhi had met the migrant labourers who were walking on Sukhdev Vihar flyover. As reported by ANI, the migrants were headed back to their native states.
Delhi Police Sources Deny Detaining Them
Police sources say it is misinformation that migrants who met with Rahul Gandhi were detained by police, migrants are still at spot, as per rules they are not being allowed to board a vehicle as a large group, which some Congress workers offered. twitter.com/ANI/status/126…
Congress Shares Visuals of Gandhi Meeting Migrants
The pain of the people can only be understood by leaders who care. Here are a few glimpses of Shri @RahulGandhi interacting with migrant labourers in Delhi.#RahulCaresForIndia
Gandhi has remained a fierce critic of the government for its handling of the post-coronavirus situation. The former Congress chief has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of showing apathy towards the plight of migrant labourers being forced to walk for hundreds of kilometres to their home states.
