After  the  TDP chief grabbed lime light  by  organizing a special  flight for  Uttarkhand pilgrims  from  AP, the   Kiran Government woke up  to  book  a 170 seater - Boeing 737  of the Jet airways  to bring  168 pilgrims home .

Decision was made soon after CM Kiran came to Delhi to make a show case of Government concern   towards the stranded pilgrims though for days none of them were cared for and had to live in the AP Bhavan compound.

Delhi officials said  the CMO had turned down their requests for permission to book flights and make other arrangements citing  that  ‘it was the responsibility of centre  and Uttarkhand Government and not ours ‘. They were all termed as tourists and not stranded or  flood hit persons eligible for compensation or compassion , said  a GAD spokesman

An AP bhavan official said  they sheltered the pilgrims  risking their jobs  as the CMO and GAD had instructed that all of them should be directly sent to railway stations  instead of accommodating them.

Officially more than 7000 of  AP pilgrims are still stranded while all other governments including  Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra , Gujarat , West Bengal, Odisha  and Madhya Pradesh flew their people in dozens of special  flights .

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