The Railways sent 35 West Bengal-bound trains to Maharashtra despite Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking the Ministry to halt the train service till May 26 on account of restoration work following the devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh alleged Tuesday.
Taking to Twitter, Deshmukh accused the Centre of “playing with human lives to score political brownie points.” His remark comes a day after Railway minister Piyush Goyal lashed out at the state government for providing a list of only 46 trains on Monday despite the ministry making preparations for 125 trains.
Deshmukh also rebuffed claims by former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis that the Centre spent Rs 300 crore on migrant labourers traveling home. Terming it “wholly false and misleading”, the minister said the ticket cost of all migrants has been borne from the CM relief fund.
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