The trucks ran out of diesel and drivers didn't have money to refuel. Each driver was handed Rs 2,000 cash for fuel, which is apparently over.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi had flagged off these trucks fron New Delhi on Monday.

In a major embarrassment for the Congress, trucks carrying relief material for Uttarakhand flood victims, which were flagged off with much fanfare by party chief Sonia Gandhi and scion Rahul Gandhi on Monday, are yet to reach the victims. The vehicles have, can you believe it, run out of diesel and are stranded in Rishikesh and Dehradun.



According to reports, the trucks ran out of diesel and drivers didn't have money to refuel. Each driver was handed Rs 2,000 cash for fuel, which is apparently over.



In a ceremony organised at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Monday, Sonia Gandhi had flagged off 24 trucks in addition to 125 carriers for the flood-ravaged state.



Taking a dig at Congress over the mess, BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said the party's seriousness towards the calamity can be understood from this incident. Javadekar said no party should try to gain political mileage from the flood.



BJP president Rajnath Singh also attacked the Congress for indulging in vote-bank politics.





