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Don’t spoil good work for political benefits, Railways employees union writes to Sonia Gandhi over Shramik trains

OpIndia Staff - 7 May, 2020

Central govt has started 'shramik' special trains which are facilitating the return of migrant labourers back to their home states from the various states where they might be stranded due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

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BJP MP alleges that stranded migrant workers from Rajasthan stopped at Congress-ruled Chattisgarh border despite permission

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2020

Patel has urged Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot to either facilitate their return home or stop the drama of being concerned about stranded migrants.

All you need to know about Shramik trains for migrant workers, and the answer to the burning question: Who pays for it all?

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2020

Central govt has now started 'shramik' special trains which are facilitating the return of migrant labourers back to their home states from the various states where they might be stranded due to the Coronavirus lockdown.

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Arnab Goswami approaches SC to quash fresh FIR against him by Mumbai police, seeks restraint against the “servant and agents” of the State of...

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2020

While the vendetta against Arnab Goswami continues unabated the senior journalist is also resolute to pay back his oppressors in the same coin

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On odd days, Congress blames Railways of charging stranded migrant workers for the tickets, on even days Rajasthan govt admits to making them pay...

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2020

Only after much confusion, Rajasthan government has announced that it will now be bearing the expenses of migrant workers

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Are states like Bengal, Rajasthan and Maharashtra refusing to accept their own migrant workers? Here is what we found

Nupur J Sharma - 5 May, 2020

According to sources in the Railways Ministry, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Maharashtra are not giving permission for the trains carrying their own migrant workers back from various states

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Ashok Gehlot uses Rajasthan tax payers’ money to save Congress’ treasury

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2020

Hours after Congress offered to pay for the railway fares of stranded migrant workers, the Congress government in Rajasthan has stepped in to save the party's money.

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Only Kerala, Rajasthan and Maharashtra governments made the migrant workers pay for the railway tickets: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

Congress, which earlier today claimed to bear the costs of railway tickets of migrants, is in the government in Maharashtra and Rajasthan

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Migrant workers in Mumbai shelling out Rs 200 each for getting a health certificate deemed essential for their travel to respective states: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2020

Earlier today, the interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi had declared that the Congress party will bear the non-existent fares charged by central government from migrant workers.

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