PM making railways world-class, past govts used it for bargaining: Dhami

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday accused past central governments of leaving the railways at “God’s mercy” and using it as a bargaining chip.

The chief minister said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, infrastructure in all sectors, including railways, is being made world-class. The opposition parties, which were in power for a long time after independence, neglected the railways, he alleged.

Dhami made the allegations while participating through video conferencing in the foundation stone laying programme of ‘Amrit Bharat Station Yojana’ launched by Modi at the cost of Rs 25 thousand crore for the redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country.