The government after the devastating train accident in Balasore is trying to divert public attention by floating conspiracy theories and roping in the CBI into an inquiry of the accident. But the structural reasons behind such accidents are to be found in the neglect of basic rail infrastructure, along with the privatisation of important departments of […]
In the past few days, in the state of Bihar, thousands of angry students and youths took to the streets and blocked railway tracks. Even though, the violent protests, were triggered by irregularities and discrepancies in examination conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), the eruption and spread of the spontaneous agitation across the state, […]
The BJP government has, following its decision of selling the family silver in the footsteps of Manmohan Singh has decided to gradually privatize the railways. There is no credible argument proffered by the government. The only reason seems to be that the government is in a hurry to take advantage of the pandemic and resultant […]