LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government came under sharp attack from opposition parties after a video emerged on social media where migrant workers coming into into Bareilly town were made to sit on the road and sprayed with disinfectants.The district administration has clarified the workers were directed to sanitise buses but ended up spraying the workers too in an act of "overenthusiasm."On Monday a video emerged where a group of migrant workers coming from outside the state were made to sit on the road while workers with protective gear sprayed disinfectant on them. They were also told to shut their eyes while they were being doused with chemicals. According to a report by a regional newspaper, water infused with sodium hypochlorite or bleach was used in bathing the group that included children.This has created a row with opposition parties targeting the BJP-led UP government for this "inhuman act.""I appeal to the UP government that we are all battling the pandemic together but please don't carry out such inhuman acts. The labourers are anyway distressed. Please don't bathe them in these chemicals that would only endanger their health further," Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said in a tweet."Amid the lockdown there are many pictures coming to the fore documenting the suffering of the poor. This act, where migrant workers are being sprayed with disinfectants, is beyond cruel and inhuman and should be condemned. The government should take action," BSP chief Mayawati said.Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav questioned the act on many parameters. He asked the government whether such an act was sanctioned by the WHO, what was the way to treat the burning sensation caused due to the chemicals, were workers given replacement for the clothes that got wet after the spraying, what about alternatives for food that also got contaminated in the process...Shortly after, the district magistrate issued a statement."We have investigated the video. The affected people are being treated under the direction of the chief medical officer. The team comprising Bareilly Nagar Nigam and fire brigade had been asked to sanitise the buses, but it seems in their over-enthusiasm, they ended up carrying out this act. Directions have been given to take action against related officers," Bareilly DM, Nithish Kumar , said in a post.