'We Focus on Work, Not On Making Reels': Ashwini Vaishnaw Slams Opposition In Parliament

New Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that unlike opposition leaders who are “focussed on making reels”, Bharatiya Janata Party is committed to doing hard work for the development of the country. 

Vaishnaw took an apparent dig at Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, who recently met locomotive pilots and posted a video of it on his social media platforms.   

We Don’t Make Reels To Show Off

Participating in the debate in the Lok Sabha, Vaishnaw said, “We don't make reels, we do hard work unlike you people who make reels to show off.”

He said that the Narendra Modi government has improved the working conditions of the loco pilot by bringing amendments in 2016. 

“The average working and rest times of Loco pilots are decided by a rule that was formulated in 2005. In 2016, the rules were amended and Loco pilots were given more facilities. All the running rooms - 558 were made air-conditioned. Loco cabs vibrate much, heated up and hence more than 7,000 loco cabs are air-conditioned. It was zero in the time of those people who today show sympathy by making reels," the minister said. 

Meanwhile, in his speech Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw appealed to all the members of parliament to not politicise the railway and said that this institution is the lifeline of India.

Vaishnaw said, "The Railway is the lifeline of India, the Indian economy relies on the Indian railway. Railway is a service for the common man of this country."

"I request this house to focus on strengthening, modernizing and improving the operating procedure of railways and depoliticising these issues," he added.

Vaishnaw Thanks PM, FM

He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for their guidance and for addressing the financial issues of the railway.

"I would like to thank PM Modi for the guidance and support that he provides. I also thank FM Nirmala Sitharaman for addressing the biggest issue of railways, which is the lack of investment, on the direction of PM Modi she has solved this issue by record allocation in the budget for railways. I also thank those 12 lakh workers of railways, the railway family who operates over 20 thousand trains every day," Vaishnaw said.