States can't hire workers from UP without permission: Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that any State government which wants to employ migrant workers from his state will have to seek permission first.

He did not elaborate on how UP planned to ensure that permission was taken or how it would monitor the movement of lakhs of migrant workers once the lockdown is lifted and economic activity restarts.

He, however, said his government would form a migrants' commission to help workers get employment within the state. MNS chief Raj Thackeray said workers will have to seek the consent of the Maharashtra government if they wanted to work here.

The Maharashtra government needs to take such things seriously, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief and the cousin of CM Uddhav Thackeray said.

"I have instructed my officers that there should be a commission made to get them employment within Uttar Pradesh itself," Yogi Adityanath said during an online interaction with the media.