The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Chennai, have both reacted after a passenger tweeted about distribution of a ‘blatantly propagandist publication’ on board the Bengaluru-Chennai Shatabdi Express.
“This morning, I boarded the Bangalore-Shatabdi Express only to be greeted by this blatantly propagandist publication on every other seat -The Aryavarth Express. Had never even heard of it. How is @IRCTC official allowing this???” Bengaluru-based Gopika Bashi, the passenger, posted on Twitter, on Friday.
On this, IRCTC, the ticketing-and-catering arm of the railways, issued a clarification. “The mentioned ‘Aryavarth Express’ was found inside the regular approved news paper as insert. The News Paper Vendor has been strictly advised to avoid any such inserts in future. Onboard monitoring staff will keep a strict vigil of the same. The licensee of the train has also been counselled,” it said.
