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Mayawati blames Congress for migrant crisis, says the videos shared by the party is less empathy and more drama

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2020

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today took to Twitter to call out Congress for its stand on the migrant crisis amid coronavirus outbreak.

News Reports

Yogendra Yadav and other intellectuals suggest taking over private property in war against Coronavirus, amend it after backlash saying they didn’t mean it

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2020

So-called ‘Mission Jai Hind’ published by Yogendra Yadav had called for the government to take over all properties of private citizens and treat them as national resources

Politics

A ghar wapsi of another kind – Yogi Adityanath is on a mission to shine in this too

Rajiv Srivastava - 22 May, 2020

Ghar wapsi of non-Hindus made Yogi an icon of Hindutva, now the ghar wapsi of migrant laborers can catapult him to a new status.

News Reports

Rajasthan govt is showing its bankruptcy, inhumanity: Mayawati slams Congress for demanding money for student buses, exploiting migrant issue

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2020

Accusing the Congress government of inhumanity, Mayawati tweeted, "Two neighbouring States must not indulge in such despicable politics."

News Reports

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi recalls ‘buses’ sent to Uttar Pradesh for migrants

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2020

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has now recalled the 'buses' she had sent for migrants in Uttar Pradesh after blaming Yogi Adityanath government of 'playing politics'.

Interviews

Ultimately, we are all in this together: Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari talks about his month long ground reporting on coronavirus and migrant crisis

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2020

Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari traveled for over a month to understand and get to the bottom of the ground realities of the migrant crisis. In conversation with OpIndia, Bhandari talks about how the governments fared and what more they could do to mitigate the crisis.

News Reports

Haryana Congress leader Pankaj Punia arrested by police over abusive, Hinduphobic tweet

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2020

Multiple FIRs have been filed against Punia for his vile remarks targeting religion and beliefs. The FIR in Lucknow was filed by UP Police's cyber cell.

News Reports

Congress Rae Bareli MLA Aditi Singh takes a dig at her own party for the migrant bus row, praises UP CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2020

Congress leader Aditi Singh praises Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath for being empathetic towards migrants unlike the Congress

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh Bus Row: Priyanka Gandhi aide Ajay Lallu arrested, bus drivers chant anti-Congress slogans complaining about poor quality food

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2020

Ajay Lallu was dragged and removed by UP Police from the Agra-Rajasthan border where he was sitting on a dharna demanding the 'buses' Congress had arranged be allowed to enter the UP border.

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