Published 12:29 IST, May 15th 2020
No pending approvals for shramik trains, says Rajasthan CM over Piyush Goyal's allegation
Gehlot's reaction comes after Piyush Goyal alleged that several states including Rajasthan were denying permissions for 'shramik special trains'.
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal drew flak from Ashok Gehlot over his claims that West Bengal, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are are "t giving eugh permission for ‘shramik special’ trains to enter ir states”. Denying allegations. Rajasthan Chief Minister said that re are pending permissions with his government regarding 'shramik special trains'.
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'Skilled at passing ir failure'
Ashok Gehlot took to Twitter and stated that all permissions regarding special trains for migrants have been cleared. He also said that Rajasthan government was always of opinion that Railways should be allowed to help migrants. Slamming Piyush Goyal, Gehlot blamed Railway Minister for 'passing on failures'.
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Special Trains Run From Rajasthan
Several special trains were operated from different parts of Rajasthan for transporting migrant workers to ir home states, officials said on Thursday. In Jalore, Udaipur and Jodhpur districts, three trains with 3,398 migrants and workers on-board left for various places in Uttar Presh.
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12:29 IST, May 15th 2020