Patna, 25 October (NEWS IN BIHAR). All India Congress Committee General Secretary Avinash Pandey, while addressing the press conference organized at the state Congress headquarters Sadakat Ashram, termed the arrangements of trains made by the Central NDA government for Chhath fasts as inadequate and said that there are only 13,452 passenger trains in the country, then why was the false news of 12,000 trains for Bihar spread?

Today Amit Shah ji is coming to Udankhatole from Bihar in pomp and show, and our Bihari brothers are getting tortured in the toilet.

National General Secretary of the Indian National Congress, Avinash Pandey, in a press conference held here today, made very serious allegations and said that the BJP-JDU government has deeply hurt the religious sentiments of the entire Bihar on the holy occasion of Chhath festival. Lakhs of devotees returning to Bihar from every corner of the country are today forced to sleep in the railway toilet. This scene not only tears humanity apart, but is also a cruel attack on the faith of the people of Bihar. The BJP-JDU government first forced crores of people of Bihar to migrate. On the e-Shram portal of the Central Government itself, the number of people who were forced to migrate from Bihar and work as laborers is recorded as 3 crore 18 lakh. And when they are returning home with full faith, the Central Government has insulted the dignity and reverence of Bihar during a great festival like Chhath Puja.

He said that passengers in special trains coming from many cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Bengaluru are spending the night on the floor and in toilets. This scene is shocking to the soul of Bihar.

Congress alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Railway Minister made headlines by announcing ’12 thousand special trains’, but only a small number of trains coming to Bihar are also victims of overcrowding and disorganization. This data shows that the devotees of Bihar are second class citizens for the Central Government. When lakhs of families of Bihar return home to celebrate Chhath, the disorganization of the Railways makes them feel insulted and pained.

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/ Surbhit Dutt