The All India Railwaymen’s Federation on Thursday appealed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to refrain from indulging in “petty politics” over the fare of Shramik Special trains and said the Railways charged money to prevent overcrowding at stations.In a letter to Sonia Gandhi, the Railways’ largest union of workers said travelling during the coronavirus pandemic is dangerous but railway staffers are making it possible through their hard work.”I request not to destabilise a good system which is enabling migrants to return home in 115 special trains because of petty momentary political gains,” AIRF general secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra said in the letter to the Congress president.
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