Maharashtra: who is bearing travel cost of migrants?

Controversy has deepened further as to who is bearing the travel costs of migrant labours in Maharashtra. The Maharashtra Congress has claimed that the party had borne the travel expenses of nearly 27,865 migrant workers and sent them back to their native places, state party president Balasaheb Thorat claimed on Tuesday. Arrangements are being made to send 24,000 more migrant workers from Maharashtra to their native states. Thorat is also the Revenue Minister in the state govt.  Thorat said state Energy Minister Nitin Raut paid for four special trains, while Minister of State for Agriculture Vishwajeet Kadam and Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Sunil Kedar paid for two trains to send migrant workers back to their states. Now the question is why state Govt not paid the amount? As Railways said the state Govt are bearing 155 of travel cost and purchasing tickets against that amount.