Punjab, April 22: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah had acceded to their demand to allow Punjab pilgrims stranded at Nanded in Maharashtra to return home.
The CM had urged the Union Home Minister on this after his Maharasthra counterpart had said that the Centre’s permission was required for that.
The Chief Minister had spoken to Maharashtra Chief Minister Udhav Thackery, who had said permission would be needed from the Centre for the return of the stranded pilgrims in view of the national lockdown.
The Punjab Chief Minister then wrote to Shah, urging him to allow the return of the pilgrims, stranded at Gurdwara Sri Nanded Sahib in Maharashtra amid lockdown due to COVID-19, by bus to Punjab.
