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Rahul accuses Centre of benefitting from disaster, gets biting reply from Piyush Goyal

“Only those who looted the country can describe subsidy as profit. The railways spent more money in running Shramik trains than it received from state governments. People are now asking what happened to Sonia ji’s promise of paying for people’s tickets,” Goyal tweeted.

New Delhi: Firing a fresh salvo at the Modi govt, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the Centre of earning profits during the disaster.

Rahul Gandhi Piyush GOyal

“There are ‘clouds’ of the disease, people are in trouble, one can make benefits – the anti-poor government is earning by turning a disaster into profit,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.

He tagged a news report that claimed the Indian Railways was making profit by running ‘Shramik trains’ for transporting migrants during the pandemic.

The news report claimed that Indian Railways generated Rs 428 crore by running Shramik trains to transport migrant labourers to their home.

Railway Minister hits back at Rahul

Railway Minister hit back at the Congress leader after the latter accused the Railways of making profits through Shramik trains, claiming that those who ‘looted’ the country can call subsidy a profit.

“Only those who looted the country can describe subsidy as profit. The railways spent more money in running Shramik trains than it received from state governments. People are now asking what happened to Sonia ji’s promise of paying for people’s tickets,” Goyal tweeted.

The Railways spent Rs 2,142 crore on running Shramik trains but earned a revenue of just Rs 429 crore, official data received through RTI application showed.