Wednesday, July 12, 2017

the 'Anti National" Tone of Indian Express reporting

By: Express News Service | Pune | Published:July 12, 2017 8:20 pm
while reporting  about the  incidence  of  chain pulling to delay deccan queen for 45 minutes  at Pune   the rported uses 
The term ‘anti-national’ has found its way into one of the official press releases issued by the Indian Railways. Pune’s Divisional Railway Manager B K Dadabhoy used it to describe the actions of three women, whose only offence was being part of a protest group that held a train for 45 minutes.



On Monday morning, around 100 people participated in a protest demanding the Railway authorities to operate the Deccan Queen from platform number one, as has been the case for several decades until recently. Now, the train departs from platform number five due to “operational compulsions”. This has upset the Queen’s regular passengers, and they have been demanding that it depart from Platform No. 1, like in the old days."
first of all The passengers have no right to demand which platform is used for which train, it is  a technical and administrative matter to be  decided by the railway administration.
 they can  request  and  appeal  for  more convenience but  the so called  protest is "anti national "
 Does the reporters and the Indian express editors and management  think delaying a train for 45 minutes by a group of passengers is OK?
this while  some  union  ministers are  excoriated for delaying  a train  or a plane ?
The basic  civic sense  is  lost  stating  one  has  freedom  of expression and  right  to protest.
instead of condemning  such  stupid and harming acts by the general public  the  newspaper seems to  find fault with  the  railway administration.
 Try protesting   in an7y American or  UK airport that  air india flight should leave from terimal 1 gate  1 .and  see what happens !@
" Illegal chain-pulling is a serious problem on Indian railways; where miscreants do so to make unscheduled stops near their destination, which delays trains. Penalties for misuse of this facility include a fine of Rs. 1,000 and/or imprisonment up to one year."

 Let  this be  implemented  in the  state of BIHAR where  the  ex pailway minister lalu is  proxy ruling.

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