<p align="left">Congress on Monday (May 11) welcomed the decision of the Centre to “cautiously” resume inter-state passenger trains and pitched for a similar “modest reopening” of air and road travel.</p>.<p align="left">“We welcome the decision of the government to cautiously start operations of interstate passenger trains. The same modest opening should be started with road transport and air transport,” senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said.</p>.<p align="left">“The only way economic and commercial activity can effectively begin is to open road, rail and air services for passengers and goods,” the former Finance Minister said.</p>.<p align="left">However, a young Congress functionary Radhika Khera objected to Chidambaram’s remarks and accused Railway Minister Piyush Goyal of laying foundations for a disaster by resuming railway services in a limited manner.</p>.<p align="left">“4213 cases, highest spike so far, Yet Narendra Modi ji has relaxed the lockdown. With countries like South Korea & Germany going back to lockdown after seeing a 2nd Wave post opening up, India refuses to learn from others' mistakes. Piyush Goyalji why lay foundations for a disaster,” Khera, AICC Media Coordinator, said.</p>.<p align="left">CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury criticised the Modi government's decision to resume AC trains as an “elitist and anti-people” move.</p>.<p align="left">“The decision to resume only AC train service on selected routes is elitist & anti-people. It’s the poor & not so well-off who need it the most, who use it the most. This speaks volumes about the apathy & disdain with which Modi govt treats the average Indian & at a time like this,” Yechury said.</p>
<p align="left">Congress on Monday (May 11) welcomed the decision of the Centre to “cautiously” resume inter-state passenger trains and pitched for a similar “modest reopening” of air and road travel.</p>.<p align="left">“We welcome the decision of the government to cautiously start operations of interstate passenger trains. The same modest opening should be started with road transport and air transport,” senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said.</p>.<p align="left">“The only way economic and commercial activity can effectively begin is to open road, rail and air services for passengers and goods,” the former Finance Minister said.</p>.<p align="left">However, a young Congress functionary Radhika Khera objected to Chidambaram’s remarks and accused Railway Minister Piyush Goyal of laying foundations for a disaster by resuming railway services in a limited manner.</p>.<p align="left">“4213 cases, highest spike so far, Yet Narendra Modi ji has relaxed the lockdown. With countries like South Korea & Germany going back to lockdown after seeing a 2nd Wave post opening up, India refuses to learn from others' mistakes. Piyush Goyalji why lay foundations for a disaster,” Khera, AICC Media Coordinator, said.</p>.<p align="left">CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury criticised the Modi government's decision to resume AC trains as an “elitist and anti-people” move.</p>.<p align="left">“The decision to resume only AC train service on selected routes is elitist & anti-people. It’s the poor & not so well-off who need it the most, who use it the most. This speaks volumes about the apathy & disdain with which Modi govt treats the average Indian & at a time like this,” Yechury said.</p>
