Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the government of benefiting by making profits during the coronavirus-induced lockdown when people were in trouble.
He tagged a news report that claimed the Indian Railways was making profit by running ‘Shramik trains’ for transporting migrants during the pandemic.
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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.
The news report claimed that the railways made a profit of ₹428 crore by running Shramik special trains during the lockdown that transported migrants to their native places.
In another tweet, he lauded the efforts of the Himachal government in conducting a survey to select ‘one district, one product’, saying he had suggested this sometime back.
“This is a good idea. I had suggested it some time back. Its implementation will need a complete change of mindset,” he said on Twitter.
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He also tagged a report that stated the state Industries Department is conducting a baseline survey in all districts to select one district, one product for centrally-sponsored Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP).
