NO DATA ON MIGRANT WORKERS' DEATHS: WHO IS TO BLAME, THE GOVERNMENT OR THE 1979 LAW?
Introduction The Central Government's refusal to compensate the families of the migrant workers who lost their lives on their way home during the 6 months nationwide lockdown has sent shockwaves across the country. The monsoon session, being the first Parliamentary session since lockdown, was conducted on 14th September 2020 and the Central Government was questioned and criticised for its ineptness, inhumanity and denial. When 10 Lok Sabha MPs posed questions related to the death of the migrant workers, the minister of state for labour and employment, Santosh Singh Gangwar replied, "No such data maintained. The question does not arise in the view of above." In response, Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "If you have not counted, have the deaths not taken place?" Congress MP AdhirRanjan Chowdhury called the Central Government a "no data government ". The Exodus and the Government's Response to it According to a news piece from the Times Of India, it is