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BSP Chief Mayawati Slams Centre Seeks Financial Assistance For Victims Of Aurangabad Mishap

Mumbai: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday attacked the central and state governments for the problems of migrant workers and sought financial help for the families of the victims of the Aurangabad train accident.

Mayawati told ANI, “Migrant workers are distressed. The way they are being treated by the Central and State Governments is very wrong. Even proper food and accommodation was not provided for them.

In the Aurangabad train accident, in which 16 migrant labourers were driven by a freight train in Maharashtra today, he said, “The Aurangabad incident is heart-wrenching, this is a result of the Central government’s carelessness or not? I am deeply saddened about it. May their families get the strength to bear the pain.”

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“The central and state governments should provide one financial aid to the families of these migrant labourers and one member each to the families of the labourers killed in the incident,” he said.

“Where will these people go? They do not have shelter either. Can the government not see the blisters on their feet?” asked Mayawati.

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The accident took place early today in Nanded Division of South Central Railway in Karmad police station area of ​​Aurangabad district. According to railway officials, migrant labourers came from Madhya Pradesh.

(With ANI Inputs) 

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