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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Monday (December 22, 2025) said the Modi authorities is leaving nary accidental to loot the communal people, claiming that it has raised obstruction fare for the 2nd clip successful 1 twelvemonth up of the Union budget.
The Railway Ministry connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) announced a hike successful bid summons prices by 1 paise per km for mean people beyond a travel of 215 km, and 2 paise per km for non-AC classes of mail/express trains and AC classes of each trains.
In a station connected X, Mr. Kharge said the railways has faced a bittersweet saga of neglect and apathy nether the Modi government.
"The Modi Government is leaving nary accidental to loot the communal public. Second railway fare hike successful a azygous year, days earlier the Union Budget.”
"With nary abstracted Railway Budget, accountability has vanished," Mr. Kharge said successful a station successful Hindi connected X. He said the railways is ailing portion the Modi authorities is engaged successful fake publicity alternatively than factual delivery.
"Safety derails, deaths mount: 2.18 lakh deaths successful railway accidents (NCRB Report: betwixt 2014–23). Railways are nary longer safe, they're a gamble with life.
"KAVACH languishes: Five years of hype, zero seriousness. Kavach covers little than 3% routes and little than 1% locomotives - a information strategy that exists lone successful lofty speeches," helium said successful his post.
Referring to vacancies successful the railways, helium said, "Jobs vacant, aboriginal stalled: 3.16 lakh vacancies rot the system. Youth await imperishable posting, contractual posting connected rise. (Latest disposable yearly study connected wage and allowances)"
Alleging that grooming and HRD funds are neglected, the Congress main claimed that lone 42% were utilised successful 2023–24 and 68% were utilised till December 2024-25. Loco pilots denied basal breaks, helium claimed, citing a Parliamentary Standing Committee Report.
"Publicity implicit performance: Under Amrit Bharat, ONLY 1 presumption has been upgraded against a people of 453 - a cruel gag connected development. (Parliamentary Standing Committee Report)”
"Stunts galore, substance missing: While reels are changeable and ATMs successful obstruction promoted, Railways bleed - ₹2,604 crore losses (CAG, 2024), elder national concessions scrapped, extracting ₹8,913 crore from the elderly," helium besides said.
Citing reddish flags for speed, Mr. Kharge said, Vande Bharat runs astatine 76 kmph against a gangly assertion of 160 kmph. "Under Modi Government, Railways look a bittersweet saga of neglect, apathy and fake hype," the Congress president alleged.
The caller rates volition beryllium effectual from December 26, 2025, the Railway Ministry said.
"There is nary summation successful the monthly play tickets of suburban trains and up to 215 km question successful mean people of different trains," officials said, adding that the summation successful fare volition fetch ₹600 crore to the railways till March 31, 2026.
According to the Railway Ministry, the erstwhile fare hike successful July 2025 has generated ₹700 crore successful gross till date.
