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Using MP quota, AAP leader to send 33 migrants back home by air

Using his MP quota, which entitles him to 34 business class tickets in domestic flights annually, AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh will accompany 33 migrants to their home state of Bihar on a flight to Patna today.

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Published : Jun 3, 2020, 12:35 PM IST

Updated : Jun 3, 2020, 9:45 PM IST

New Delhi: AAP leader Sanjay Singh has decided to use the 34 air tickets he is entitled to as an MP to help stranded migrant workers reach Patna from Delhi by flight.

Today afternoon, he will leave for the airport with 33 migrant workers and will accompany them on a flight to Patna in the evening.

AAP leader to send 33 migrants back home by air

An MP is entitled to 34 business class tickets in domestic flights annually. The decision was praised by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who said it would be an inspiration for everyone.

"Everyone will be inspired by this unique initiative of Sanjay ji. Those whom God has given means, it is their responsibility to put their resources in the service of others. Sanjay ji deserves to be congratulated," Kejriwal said in a tweet.

  • धन्यवाद @ArvindKejriwal भाई राजनीति में जिन आदर्शों को लेकर हम लोग आपके साथ निकले उसका जीवन भर अनुकरण करने की कोशिश करूँगा। https://t.co/h56SakzvKF

    — Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) June 3, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Responding to the compliment, Singh said these were the ideals with which he entered politics.

"Thank you Arvind Kejriwal ji. These are the ideals with which we entered politics with you and I will try to follow them throughout my life," he said in a tweet.

  • सांसद को साल भर में मिलने वाली 34 फ़्लाइट का इस्तेमाल प्रवासी साथियों को पटना पहुँचाने के लिए करूँगा साथियों और स्वयं सेवी संस्थाओं के सहयोग से कल 4.6.2020 को भी 180 व 12 प्रवासी मज़दूरों को दो अलग अलग फ़्लाइट से पटना लेकर जाऊँगा, सभी सहयोगी साथियों का हृदय से आभार।

    — Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) June 3, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Pertinently, Sanjay Singh has already arranged for 41 buses to transport migrants workers stranded in Delhi back to their home states. Two days back, he had arranged nine buses to send migrants back to their homes across 10 districts in Bihar.

Read: No need to panic about soaring of coronavirus cases, says Union Minister

The coronavirus-triggered lockdown has had a devastating impact on the economy as well as on the livelihoods of lakhs of migrant workers.

The plight of migrant workers, walking hundreds, sometimes thousands of kilometres, cycling or clambering onto buses and trains, to go from urban centres to their villages has been the focus of concern for almost two months.

The Centre has said around four crore migrant labourers are engaged in various jobs across the country. And so far, 75 lakh of them have returned home in trains and buses since the nationwide lockdown was imposed.

(With inputs from PTI)

New Delhi: AAP leader Sanjay Singh has decided to use the 34 air tickets he is entitled to as an MP to help stranded migrant workers reach Patna from Delhi by flight.

Today afternoon, he will leave for the airport with 33 migrant workers and will accompany them on a flight to Patna in the evening.

AAP leader to send 33 migrants back home by air

An MP is entitled to 34 business class tickets in domestic flights annually. The decision was praised by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who said it would be an inspiration for everyone.

"Everyone will be inspired by this unique initiative of Sanjay ji. Those whom God has given means, it is their responsibility to put their resources in the service of others. Sanjay ji deserves to be congratulated," Kejriwal said in a tweet.

  • धन्यवाद @ArvindKejriwal भाई राजनीति में जिन आदर्शों को लेकर हम लोग आपके साथ निकले उसका जीवन भर अनुकरण करने की कोशिश करूँगा। https://t.co/h56SakzvKF

    — Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) June 3, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Responding to the compliment, Singh said these were the ideals with which he entered politics.

"Thank you Arvind Kejriwal ji. These are the ideals with which we entered politics with you and I will try to follow them throughout my life," he said in a tweet.

  • सांसद को साल भर में मिलने वाली 34 फ़्लाइट का इस्तेमाल प्रवासी साथियों को पटना पहुँचाने के लिए करूँगा साथियों और स्वयं सेवी संस्थाओं के सहयोग से कल 4.6.2020 को भी 180 व 12 प्रवासी मज़दूरों को दो अलग अलग फ़्लाइट से पटना लेकर जाऊँगा, सभी सहयोगी साथियों का हृदय से आभार।

    — Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) June 3, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Pertinently, Sanjay Singh has already arranged for 41 buses to transport migrants workers stranded in Delhi back to their home states. Two days back, he had arranged nine buses to send migrants back to their homes across 10 districts in Bihar.

Read: No need to panic about soaring of coronavirus cases, says Union Minister

The coronavirus-triggered lockdown has had a devastating impact on the economy as well as on the livelihoods of lakhs of migrant workers.

The plight of migrant workers, walking hundreds, sometimes thousands of kilometres, cycling or clambering onto buses and trains, to go from urban centres to their villages has been the focus of concern for almost two months.

The Centre has said around four crore migrant labourers are engaged in various jobs across the country. And so far, 75 lakh of them have returned home in trains and buses since the nationwide lockdown was imposed.

(With inputs from PTI)

Last Updated : Jun 3, 2020, 9:45 PM IST
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