The Press Information Bureau on Sunday said claims on railway privatisation are completely false. Sharing the screenshot of Rahul Gandhi's tweet from yesterday, the Twitter handle of the PIB Fact Check said the tweet claimed that 151 trains of the Indian Railways have become privatised. "This is false and absolutely baseless. The Railways has not privatised any of its property," it said.
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shared a video from his ongoing in a tweet and wrote: "Railways connect India -- providing services to 2.5 crore passengers daily and employment to 12 lakh people. Pradhanmantri ji, railway is the property of the country. Do not privatise it. Strengthen it. Don't sell it."
12 लाख लोगों को रोजगार, 2.5 करोड देशवासियों की रोज सेवा - देश को जोडती है भारतीय रेल।
परधानमंतरी जी, रेलवे देश की समपतति है, इसे निजीकरण नहीं, सशकतिकरण की जरूरत है। बेचो मत! pic.twitter.com/Z6m5S0vQio
In the accompanying video, Rahul Gandhi can be seen in Telangana-- on his Bharat Jodo Yatra interacting with people. Some of them were members of railways union who came to meet Rahul Gandhi to submit a memorandum against ‘railway provatisation’.
"Which part of Indian Railways are they privatising?" Rahul Gandhi asked as he was walking. 'Railway stations, railway workshops, railway medical hospitals and railway establishments are going to be privatised," Bharani Bhanu Prasad, a member of South Central Railway Employees' Sangh told.
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