Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 10 (ANI): A gaggle of 4 Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) MPs from Karnataka, together with former chief minister Sadananda Gowda, have written a letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, strongly criticizing him for his latest letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They argued that Kharge’s letter is “excessive on rhetoric and low on details.”
“There was no collision in Mysore as acknowledged in your letter. It doesn’t go well with a frontrunner of your stature to be writing letters to the PM primarily based on details received from ‘Whatsapp College’. However maybe because the Vice-Chancellor of Whatsapp College, you might be pressured to regurgitate pretend information as details,” the MPs mentioned of their letter to Congress President.
Detailing mismanagement of the railways, Kharge’s letter highlighted 10 factors that urged the federal government to convey out the ‘actual purpose’ behind the Balasore triple-train accident that claimed 288 lives.
“In response to your latest letter to our Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi Ji, we should say, we discovered it excessive on rhetoric and low on details. As a former Minister of Railways, one would anticipate your discernment of the state of affairs to be infused with depth and understanding, as you had been on the helm between 2004 and 2014. But, your latest communication to us suggests in any other case,” the leaders mentioned.
Tejaswi Surya, PC Mohan, S Muniswamy and Sadananda Gowda wrote the letter to Kharge.
“You increase considerations about security investments, but below our tenure, the Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) was established for important safety-related works. Railways spent over Rs. 1 lakh cr on RRSK works between 2017-18 and 2021-22. Our complete security expenditure within the final 9 years of Rs. 1,78,012 cr is 2.5 occasions the expenditure throughout your period. It’s amusing how you could have the boldness to lecture us on rail security after performing so miserably in the course of the 10 years of UPA,” the BJP leaders mentioned to Kharge.
They additional hit out at Congress over its steady remarks on the Anti-Collision gadget within the Odisha prepare accident and mentioned, “We’re amused at how significantly the Congress Celebration speaks in regards to the Anti-Collision gadget. Provided that your party-led Governments had labored on it as significantly you discuss it, it might have deployed throughout your entire nation in 6 a long time of your (mis)rule.”
As Kharge query the recruitment in Railways in Narendra Modi’s tenure in his letter, the BJP leaders replied to him, saying, “Up to now 9 years, Railways appointed 4.58 Lakh new appointees and presently recruitment course of to nominate about 1.52 Lakh candidates is ongoing. Thus in our 10 years, we’d appoint greater than 6.1 lakh kids, which is nearly 50 per cent greater than of 4.11 Lakh candidates appointed in the course of the 10 years of UPA. Secondly, the 5,518 freshly appointed Assistant Loco Pilots quash your allegations of neglecting this sector.”
Hitting out at Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Kharge in his letter mentioned that every one empty security claims have been uncovered and the Odisha accident is an eye-opener for all.
“The prepare accident in Odisha has been an eye-opener for all of us. All of the empty security claims of the Railway Minister have now been uncovered. There’s a critical concern among the many widespread passengers about this deterioration in security. Due to this fact, it’s incumbent upon the federal government to establish and produce to gentle the actual causes that prompted this grave accident,” the letter learn. (ANI)
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