Railways Takes A U-Turn On Vegetarian Diktat For Gandhi Jayanti

A day after waxing eloquent on plans to observe Gandhi Jayanti as 'Vegetarian Day,'바카라 웹사이트 The Railways has taken a U-turn on the diktat.

On Sunday, Railway Board officials had planned to serve only vegetarian food바카라 웹사이트on바카라 웹사이트October 2바카라 웹사이트in all the 11,000 passenger trains and at the premises of all the 7,000 stations across India라이브 바카라 67, 560 kilometer long rail network. A day later, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) –the ministry라이브 바카라 public sector undertaking – said there was “no truth in the matter”.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트Meanwhile, a Railway Board official told 바카라: “There is nothing like a vegetarian diktat. If passengers want, they can voluntarily opt for vegetarian food in observance of the Father of the Nation”.

As it turns out, the “vegetarian day” plan had been at a proposal stage in the Railways ministry, which had neither been cleared by the Culture Ministry; nor had the IRCTC – the organization responsible for implementing the plan – been issued any directions in the matter. Clearly, the government라이브 바카라 propaganda managers바카라 웹사이트in the Railways ministry went overboard with the plan.

바카라 웹사이트Speaking to 바카라, IRCTC Chairman cum Managing Director Mahendra Pratap Mall said: “We are not aware of any such plan. October, in any case, is far away. We operate on an hour to hour basis”.

According to news reports, no vegetarian food will be served to passengers on바카라 웹사이트October 2바카라 웹사이트of 2018, 2019 and 2020 – the celebration years. Mahatma Gandhi라이브 바카라 150th birth anniversary gets completed on바카라 웹사이트October 2, 2019. A special “salt train” was also being planned to be run from Sabarmati on바카라 웹사이트March 12바카라 웹사이트to commemorate the “Dandi March”, while a series of trains called the “Swacchata Express” (to promote the NDA government라이브 바카라 Swach Bharat campaign) were also planned from Sabarmati to various destinations.

Also on the anvil, were plans to convert railway stations into thematic museums through depictions of various aspects of Gandhiji라이브 바카라 life in the form of murals. Train coaches were also planned to be embossed with a special logo with an image of the Mahatma.

바카라 웹사이트“In the run up to the 2019 general elections, BJP leaders have demonstrated an indiscreet propensity to appropriate the legacy of leaders of the Freedom Struggle including Mahatma Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar or even Ram Manohar Lohia. “Therefore, it is quite likely that some of these plans will materialize, but these have not been frozen yet”, a senior Railways Ministry official said.

Marking the 125th year of the historic occasion when Mahatma Gandhi had been thrown out from a first class compartment in South Africa, the India Government had organized an entire railway station in the country to be wrapped in “Khadi” (hand spun cotton), while “Khadi” material had been used in the train compartments also. “We are planning similar strategies at Indian stations on Gandhi ji라이브 바카라 birth anniversary”, said a spokesman of the Khadi Gramodyog of India.