00:00Moving on, as a massive political face-off that has erupted over the inauguration of Vandebhara train between Erna Kulam and Bengaluru,
00:13Kerala Chief Minister Pinarai Vijayan has lashed out at the centre and the railways for making students sing RSS anthem during the inauguration of the train.
00:22The left is accusing the RSS of using railways for its communal propaganda.
00:30Satsang with the RSS of using railways for its communal propaganda.
00:50Carrying across to Shibimol, joining us on the broadcast with further details over the claims made by Pinarai Vijayan.
01:13And this particular group of students, were they asked to sing this anthem?
01:18What really had happened during the inauguration?
01:22Well, what we know is the Southern Railway had tweeted out and shared a video on Facebook,
01:29you know, which shows that the students were singing this R.S.'s song.
01:34And they shared it saying that it's a patriotic song sung by students on the inauguration of the Vande Bharath Express from Ernakulam to Bengaluru.
01:41Later, due to backlash, now we see that the Southern Railway has removed that video.
01:45And it's in that context that the Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarai Vijayan and also the CPM has hit out at the center saying that, you know,
01:53the BJP-led center is trying to use a platform like the railways that play a very important, crucial role in the country for their own agenda,
02:03is what Chief Minister Pinarai Vijayan has said.
02:05He said that it is highly protestable and everybody should raise their voice against this because railways belong to the country, not to R.S.'s.
02:13So in that context, implement, like, you know, trying to sneak in an R.S.'s song as a patriotic song is not acceptable.
02:20This is with hidden agenda and motives.
02:22And that should be called out is what Chief Minister said.
02:25And the CPM MP, John Brittas, was also hit out, harshly saying that this is a new way of, you know,
02:30trying to implement the Sankh Parivar agenda in public platforms and public institutions like the railways.
02:38He also says that, you know, there was a train moving from Ernakulam to Bengaluru,
02:43which was stopped suddenly.
02:45The services were terminated suddenly.
02:47And MPs from Kerala, including him, had approached the, you know, approached the southern railways to restart that service.
02:56And the railways had promised that they will restart the service and they will, you know,
03:01they will allot a new Vande Bharat Express for that route.
03:04That was promised.
03:05But despite all that, what the CPM MP is saying is that the railway minister held a quick meeting
03:13with the BJP state chief here, Rajiv Chandrasek and other BJP leaders and suddenly announced that,
03:18okay, this will, Bengaluru from Ernakulam to Bengaluru, Vande Bharat Express will be allotted to Kerala.
03:23So despite the MPs holding meeting with the railways, what happened was the BJP's interests were implemented.
03:31The railway minister went on and held a meeting in stock with the MPs.
03:34He held a meeting with the BJP chief here and other BJP leaders of the state.
03:37So he says that with the elections in the mind, elections approaching in Kerala,
03:42again, the BJP is trying to portray that whatever is happening in the state
03:45or whatever development is coming to the state, it's through the BJP.
03:48So two controversies out there, both CPM as well as Chief Minister Pindrai Vijayan
03:53coming out and hitting harshly against the centre and the railway saying that this should not be done.
03:59Right.
03:59Shibhimol, I want to thank you for getting us the latest details.
04:02Of course, we continue to track every response coming in on this.
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