Those who looted nation: Piyush Goyal’s comeback on Rahul Gandhi
New
Delhi,
July
26:
Railway
Minister
Piyush
Goyal
hit
back
at
the
Congress
on
Saturday
after
Rahul
Gandhi
accused
the
railways
of
making
profit
through
Shramik
trains,
alleging
that
only
those
who
"looted"
the
country
can
call
subsidy
a
profit.
"Only
those
who
looted
the
country
can
describe
subsidy
as
profit.
The railways spent more money in running Shramik trains than it received from state governments. People are now asking what happened to Sonia ji's promise of paying for people's tickets," Mr Goyal tweeted.
Congress
president
Sonia
Gandhi
had
said
during
the
migrant
crisis
that
her
party
will
pay
for
tickets
of
Shramik
train
passengers
after
reports
emerged
that
they,
mostly
poor
migrants,
were
made
to
pay
for
their
journey.
On
Saturday,
Congress
leader
Rahul
Gandhi
accused
the
government
of
benefiting
by
making
profits
during
the
coronavirus-induced
lockdown
when
people
were
in
trouble.
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"There are clouds of disease and people are in trouble, but one seeks to benefit -- this anti-people government is converting a disaster into profits and is earning," he said in a tweet in Hindi, tagging a new report.
The railways spent Rs 2,142 crore on running Shramik Special trains but earned a revenue of just Rs 429 crore, official data showed.
The data, received through an RTI application filed by activist Ajay Bose, shows that the railways earned Rs 428 crore till June 29, by when most of the 4,615 trains had been run. Additionally, it earned around Rs 1 crore by running 13 trains in July.