"Selfish Politics Had Overshadowed Modernisation Of Railways": PM Modi
NDTV
The Prime Minister flagged off the Ajmer-Delhi Cantt Vande Bharat Express, the world's first semi-high-speed passenger train on high-rise overhead electric (OHE) territory via video conferencing today.
Coming down heavily on the previous governments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today alleged that selfish and mean politics had always overshadowed the modernisation of the Indian Railways in the past.
The Prime Minister flagged off the Ajmer-Delhi Cantt Vande Bharat Express, the world's first semi-high-speed passenger train on high-rise overhead electric (OHE) territory via video conferencing today.
At the launch event which he joined via video conferencing, Prime Minister said that post-Independence, political interests always dominated the modernization of Railways.
"Unfortunately, selfish and mean politics had always overshadowed the modernisation of the Railways. The large-scale corruption did neither let the development happen in Railways nor did it let even the Railways' selection process be transparent," he said.
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