A “propagandist” newspaper with provocative headlines against the minority community was distributed on board the Bangalore-Chennai Shatabdi Express on Friday, drawing political criticism and prompting the IRCTC to initiate an inquiry.
The IRCTC has acknowledged that the paper — The Aryavarth Express — was “unauthorised”.
The matter was raised by passenger Gopika Bakshi, a gender justice campaigner, on Twitter on Friday. He uploaded a picture of the front page of the newspaper that he claimed to have received in the train. The main headline read: “Genocide of Hindus, Buddhists & Sikhs under Islamic Rule needs to be recognized.” Another headline said: “UN should label Aurangzeb as perpetrator of Holocaust like Hitler.”
