The migrant workers' issue has started a new turf war between Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra politicians. A day after UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declared that states in need of hiring workforce from his state should mandatorily seek his government's permission, leaders from the Maha Vikas Aghadi and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena strongly responded. Adityanath has also accused the Maharashtra government of leaving workers in the lurch while they were trying to return home in the wake of the pandemic.

Raj hits back
MNS chief Raj Thackeray fired the first salvo at the UP CM. He posted a note on Twitter asking his cousin, CM Uddhav Thackeray's government, to take a serious note of the UP CM's mandate. "If this is the case, then any migrant entering Maharashtra will also need to take prior permissions from the state government. The Maharashtra government should take the matter seriously. The IDs and photographs of any migrant seeking a job here should be registered in the local police stations," he said in a statement.