PM Modi slams Lalu Prasad Yadav over land for jobs rip-off

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Vande Bharat Express in Rajasthan. The 14th Vande Bharat rail service will operate between Jaipur and Delhi Cantt. Ashok Gehlot, the chief minister of Rajasthan, moreover attended the event. The Vande Bharat Express is a part of the federal authorities’s ‘Make in India’ initiative to modernize the railway system.

Rajasthan will get its first Vande Bharat Express as we communicate. This will significantly enhance connectivity and improve tourism. https://t.co/TqiCCHWeV9

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 12, 2023

While taking in the middle of the event, the PM attacked the opposition by stating that earlier administrations exploited the railroads for his or her very personal political ends. He asserted how the railways have been abused and was a political enviornment following independence.

He slammed Lalu Prasad Yadav, the earlier minister of railways throughout the Congress-led UPA authorities, for the ‘Land for Job Scam.’ The ex-chief minister of Bihar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family are going by way of allegations of taking land in commerce for railway jobs.

“It was the country’s misfortune that a crucial department like railways, which plays a major role in the life of a common man, was also made an arena of politics. The condition was that there was politics in railway recruitment. By snatching the land of poor people, they were given a job in the railways,” he charged.

The earlier administrations, primarily based on him, put political issues ahead of the upgrading of the railways. He criticized them for showing politically self-serving in deciding who may be the railway minister and which put together would operate at which stop. He complained that such trains have been merely launched for political capabilities throughout the funds and have been in no way actually run.

He applauded the present authorities’s initiatives for modernising the railroads. He well-known that beginning in 2014, all circumstances began to alter and the stress of political negotiation was lifted off the railways. He talked about that the railways have reached new heights and that the revival of Indian Railways has made every Indian proud.

“Rajasthan is getting its first Vande Bharat Express today from Ajmer to Delhi. The Vande Bharat train will boost the tourism industry in Rajasthan. Vande Bharat Express is the first semi-highspeed train that is made in India. It is one of the most compact and efficient trains. It is equipped with a safety system,” he proclaimed.

Vande Bharat Express will start widespread service on April 13. It will run from Ajmer to Delhi Cantt, stopping via Jaipur, Alwar, and Gurugram. The put together will cowl the route between Delhi Cantt. and Ajmer in 5 hours and quarter-hour, per the scheduled timetable.

Get capable of have enjoyable one different addition to the #VandeBharatExpress fleet. Can you guess the route from which it’s going to make its royal run?#VandeBharat pic.twitter.com/QrguM1J90C

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) April 11, 2023

The indigenously manufactured put together is the world’s first semi-high-speed passenger put together on high-rise overhead electrical (OHE) territory. It will enhance accessibility to well-liked vacationer locations in Rajasthan, similar to Pushkar and the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, amongst totally different places that draw large numbers of people all 12 months prolonged.