The government on Sunday claimed privatization of trains, railway property, stations and hospitals on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tweet. Indian Rail are “completely bogus and factless”.
The fact-checking unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) in a tweet referred to Gandhi’s post on the micro-blogging site. It said: “A tweet falsely claims that 151 trains, railway property, stations and hospitals of Indian Railways have been privatized.”
It is claimed to be capable of 151 transactions of Indian Railways for one time charge, and it has been charged.#PIBFactCheck
▶️ These claims are completely fake and factless
@RailMinIndia determine your assets pic.twitter.com/KecWtIM7du
— PIB FactCheck (@PIBFactCheck) November 13, 2022
It further said that these claims are “completely bogus and baseless” and clarified that the Ministry of Railways is not privatizing any of its assets.
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shared a video from the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra campaign and wrote “Indian Railways connects the nation” and listed its services which include “serving 2.5 crore passengers and providing employment to 12 lakh people”. ” Addressing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, ‘Railways is the property of the country. Don’t privatize it. strengthen it Don’t sell it
Employment to 12 lakhs, daily service of 2.5 crore countrymen – Indian Railways is open to the country.
Prime Minister don’t do sister! pic.twitter.com/Z6m5S0vQio
, Rahul Gandhi (@Rahul Gandhi) November 12, 2022
In the video, Gandhi can be seen interacting with members of the railway union in Telangana, who reportedly came to meet Rahul Gandhi to submit a memorandum against ‘railway privatisation’. In a conversation with Bharani Bhanu Prasad, assistant general secretary of the South Central Railway Employees Union, Gandhi asks, “What part of the Indian Railways are they (the government) privatizing.” Prasad replied: “Railway stations, railway workshops, railway medical hospitals and railway establishments are being privatised.”
In the voiceover, Bharat says that he met the Congress leader and explained in detail about the privatization of the Indian Railways. He further adds that in the 170 years history of Indian Railways, “we have never seen or heard about privatization of Indian Railways before. We are opposing this privatization.”
Gandhi was further informed that privatization has begun and “big companies” including Adani are being sold. A total of 151 trains have already been privatised, says Prasad.
The memorandum demands no privatization of railways, new pension system for existing employees and filling up of all vacancies in Indian Railways.
The central government has reiterated that it has no plans to privatize the national transporter. “Opposition parties are repeatedly alleging the move to privatize the Railways. I want to say clearly that Railways is a big complex organization…There is no policy of privatization of Railways. There is no such plan whatsoever,” Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had said in April.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi He had already said that the central government has no intention of privatizing the railways.
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