Former FM Yashwant Sinha Arrested In Delhi For Protesting Against Forcible Removal Of Migrants

Sinha was joined by Aam Aadmi Party leaders Sanjay Singh, Dilip Pandey among several others who demanded proper arrangements for moving stressed migrant workers back to their states.

Taking to his personal Twitter handle, former BJP leader informed the public of his arrest.

New Delhi: Former Finance and External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha has been arrested by Delhi police on Monday for holding a sit-in protest at Rajghat amid the nationwide lockdown enforced due to novel corona. According to the early reports, the former minister called in for dharna demanding that the armed forces be deployed to help migrant workers reach their homes. Taking to his personal Twitter handle, former BJP leader informed the public of his arrest.

We have just been arrested by the Delhi Police.

— Yashwant Sinha (@YashwantSinha) May 18, 2020

Sinha was joined by Aam Aadmi Party leaders Sanjay Singh, Dilip Pandey among several others who demanded proper arrangements for moving stressed migrant workers back to their states. During the protest, Sinha said that both central and state authorities have "failed" to cater problems of migrant workers, forcing them to walk on roads, with some even dying in the process.

I have started a dharna today from 11 AM at Rajghat, Delhi to demand the deployment of armed forces and para military forces to take the migrant workers home with dignity, instead of beating them up and leaving them to die on the road. Need your support.

— Yashwant Sinha (@YashwantSinha) May 18, 2020

"Our simple demand is that the responsibility be given to the armed forces and paramilitary forces that they should, with all resources at their command and with whatever civilian resources they can commandeer, send these migrant workers to their homes with dignity," he said.