Rajya Sabha MPs Kapil Sibal and AD Singh alleged Sunday that four special trains transported approximately 6,000 people from Haryana to Bihar November 3, demanding clarification from the railway minister about their purpose and funding during assembly elections, while railways attributed the movement to festive season rush.

Responding to their claims, the Railway Ministry said, “This festival season, the railways is running 12,000 special trains; 10,700 special trains are scheduled and about 2000 trains are unscheduled. We are operating war rooms at three levels, divisional, zonal, and Railway board level.”

“Whenever there is a sudden rush of passengers at any station, we immediately put into service unscheduled special trains,” the ministry said.

Independent MP Sibal and RJD’s Rajya Sa

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