PM Modi's comments at Vande Bharat launch aimed at coming polls: Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot termed "unfortunate" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that railways had become an arena of politics under previous governments, saying his comments on Wednesday were made with an eye on the coming assembly and general elections.
Gehlot said it was not fair to say the development of the national transporter happened only after 2014.
"Today, your speech was given completely keeping in view the 2023-24 assembly and Lok Sabha elections and it was in the form of the election agenda of the Bharatiya Janata Party. I believe that such comments will not be acceptable to the people of the state and the country," the Rajasthan chief minister said.
He said in a statement it was "unfortunate" that the prime minister talked about the decisions taken during the tenure of earlier railway ministers as being influenced by corruption and political considerations.
Launching the first Vande Bharat train of Rajasthan earlier Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi said