TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Central government over the reports of the Indian Railways charging for tickets from the migrants and contributing Rs 151 crore in the PMCARE fund to combat the spread of COVID-19 and asked the government to ”solve the puzzle”.
His remarks came soon after Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi announced that party will bear the charges of rail tickets of migrants stranded across the country amid the nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of Covid-19.
In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi said, “On one hand railways is charging for the tickets of the stranded labourers and workers in different states while on the other hand it contributed Rs 151 crore to the PMCARES fund. Solve this puzzle.” His remarks came amid the reports of migrants being asked to pay for their rail tickets.
