New Delhi, May 26 -- 'Migrants were treated shabbily without food, water and accommodation'

Miffed over the treatment of migrant workers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said States will now need to seek permission from his Government before engaging workers from Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Addressing a webinar on Sunday, Adityanath said his Government will lay down stringent conditions for ensuring social security of workers from the State who are hired by other States.

"If any State wants manpower, the State Government will have to guarantee social security and insurance of the workers. Without our permission they will not be able to take our people. Because the kind of treatment that was meted out [to UP residents]. Seeing ...