Today's protests in Maharashtra and the politicking afterwards (state blaming Centre for having no plan for migrants, BJP pointing to state failures) is a manifestation of the host states vs home states fault line we discussed on the Political Fix. https://scroll.in/article/959016/the-political-fix-why-india-will-have-a-hard-time-navigating-its-way-out-of-the-covid-19-lockdown
Basically, since no income support has been announced, states that host large numbers of migrant labour want to see the Centre provide a way for them to return to their home states.

See this thread: https://twitter.com/AUThackeray/status/1250041970921099265?s=19
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