Coronavirus | Congress president Sonia Gandhi bats for construction industry workers in letter to PM Modi

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has written to Prime Minisyer Narendra Modi, urging him to rollout a relief plan for the unorganised sector in the wake of the lockdown forced by the spread of coronavirus in the country.

"Considering the extraordinary situation, I request you to consider advising the state building and other construction welfare boards to roll out emergency wage support for the construction workers who are in distress," Sonia Gandhi said in her letter to the Prime Minister.

The Congress president said that over the last year, lakhs of migrant workers in major cities across India have left for their hometowns and villages fearing a prolonged economic downturn.