“Last Time He Got Angry”: Uddhav Thackeray Thanks Piyush Goyal For Trains
Coronavirus Maharashtra: Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray “thanked” Railways Minister Piyush Goyal
Mumbai:
Maharashtra Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray took a dig at Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday night, announcing he sought after to “thank” him for the 800 shramik trains that had helped 11 lakh stranded migrants go back to their house states.
In a televised cope with to the state that keen on lockdown rest – “Mission: Begin Again” – Mr Thackeray stated Mr Goyal “were given offended with me… he took it to (his) center and despatched trains to Maharashtra”.
“These days we’ve got despatched 16 lakh migrants to their villages by way of trains and buses. About 800 trains carried 11 lakh migrants. These days I need to thank Piyush Goyal. Closing time he were given offended with me… he took it to center and despatched trains to Maharashtra, as a result of which 11 lakh migrants may just cross house,” Mr Thackeray stated.
Mr Thackeray’s remark got here after an acerbic exchange between his executive and the Railways minister over scheduling of shramik trains.
On Would possibly 26 Mr Goyal lashed out at Leader Minister Thackeray’s executive for a 2nd time in 3 days, accusing it of no longer offering details about passengers and inflicting a number of shramik trains to be not on time or cancelled.
The Maharashtra executive, which alleged it were given handiest part the trains (40) it had requested for (80), rubbished the fees, accusing the minister of “doing politics”.
Previous Mr Goyal saved prodding the Maharashtra executive until 2 AM on Would possibly 25.
“The place is the checklist for 125 trains from Maharashtra? As of two am, gained checklist of handiest 46… We’re notifying handiest 41 trains for as of late in spite of being ready for 125!!!” he stated.
Mr Goyal’s barbs provoked Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut into responding. Mr Raut stated the state executive had already equipped the checklist of passengers and added: “The only request is that the train should reach the station, as introduced previous.”
The squabble between Maharashtra and the Railways began after Mr Thackeray, in a video cope with to the state on Would possibly 24, stated he was once getting handiest part the choice of trains asked. He additionally stated the state had paid Rs 85 crore for trains until that time.
Mr Goyal retorted in a dozen tweets over the following few hours, announcing the Railways was once in a position to ship as many trains as required to states, equipped they don’t “go back empty”, in a connection with circumstances the place migrants didn’t take the trains and set out for his or her house states on foot or in vans.
