New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi today took his first move on the Narendra Modi government By saying that people will not forgive the privatization of Indian railways. The Modi Government today made the first move to privatize railways, Inviting private firms to run passenger trains. According to the proposal of ministry, private firms can run the train for 35 years.
This proposal involves running of 151 trains over 109 routes, Which will request private
investment of RS 30,000 crore, said by the railway minister Piyush Goyal in a statement.
The fourth-largest railway network in the world by size, which runs around 13000 trains, employs around 12 lakh people. the computing of the passenger’s services Runs on assistance leading to a big loss over the years that the ministry is unable to recoup.
The railways are the lifeline for the poor and the government is taking it away from them. Take away what you can. But do remember, the people will give a befitting response to this,” said by Former congress president Rahul Gandhi in his tweet.
Railways ministry said in a statement “its the first initiative of private investment for running passenger trains over Indian Railways network”
Rahul has been repeatedly talking on the government on his twitter handle at first over the coronavirus pandemic and then the Chinese intrusion in Ladakh.
