Rahul Gandhi accuses authorities of benefitting by making earnings throughout lockdown

New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the federal government of benefitting by making earnings throughout the coronavirus-induced lockdown when folks have been in hassle.

He tagged a information report that claimed the Indian Railways was making revenue by operating ‘Shramik trains’ for transporting migrants throughout the pandemic.

“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 mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

The information report claimed that the railways made a revenue of Rs 428 crore by operating Shramik particular trains throughout the lockdown that transported migrants to their native locations.

In one other tweet, he lauded the efforts of the Himachal authorities in conducting a survey to pick ‘one district, one product’, saying he had prompt this someday again.

“This is a good idea. I had suggested it some time back. Its implementation will need a complete change of mindset,” he mentioned on Twitter.

He additionally tagged a report that acknowledged the state Industries Department is conducting a baseline survey in all districts to pick one district, one product for centrally-sponsored Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP).