[COVID-19] Karnataka HC directs Priyank Kharge to provide details of migrants stranded at border and unable to enter state

The Karnataka High Court has directed Congress leader Priyank Kharge to file an affidavit containing details of Karnataka-based migrants who are stranded in other states, unable to enter the state owing to lack of transport facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Court passed this direction in a plea filed by Kharge seeking directions to the authorities to make necessary arrangements for the transport of migrants from Karnataka who are stranded in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Goa.