Rahul Gandhi meets migrants, helps them go home

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit the streets, interacting with migrant workers near Sukhdev Vihar flyover in the capital and asking them about “the problems they were facing” even as he called for the Centre to put money in the hands of the poor.
The AICC released a video in which migrants spoke about their chat with Rahul and also photographs showing the Congress member wearing a mask and sitting on the pavement, talking to them.
Congress sources said Rahul Gandhis interactions were designed to understand the problems faced by the migrants and the reasons why they were still walking to their hometowns.
Earlier, at a press conference, while expressing disappointment with the Centres relief package, Rahul said “Mother India” should not behave like money lender to its “wounded children”, asking Modi government to give people cash support and not offer them loans.
About the group Rahul spoke to, sources said they were around 20 people from Jhansi region in MP who were working in Ambala but were forced to leave after their employers refused to pay their outstanRead More – Source

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