'Hum bhi Chowkidaar': BR Shetty to lead "apolitical" NRI Global Summit in Dubai on Friday
Dubai: NRI Global Business Summit that will be organised on April 5, evening under the leadership of renowned businessman and NRI, Padma Shri BR Shetty, is being alleged to be a politically motivated move.
The summit which will be led by BR Shetty is expected to be participated by around 5000 NRIs. The posters and cards of the summit had slogans of ‘Hum bhi Chowkidar’ (We too are watchmen) a slogan coined by PM Narendra Modi ahead of the party’s campaigning for the Lok Sabha Election.
The printed slogans on posters and cards have led to discussion that the summit is politically motivated and aims at promoting Narendra Modi under the banner of ‘Global Business Summit’.
In a press conference ahead of the summit, answering to a query by a reporter if it was a politically motivated event, BR Shetty replied with a no and said “It is not connected with any political party, it is an apolitical event”. When the reporter again asked about why was the slogan ‘Hum bhi Chowkidar’ was printed on the cards and posters of the summit, Shetty said “That slogan is nice and sounds funny. That is why we have added it in the banners and posters”.
Interestingly, a close aide of PM Narendra Modi, Swami Paramatmanand was also present at the press conference. Media in Kerala have quoted Swami Paramanand terming every Indian staying in abroad and thinking about the country as ‘Chowkidars’.
Chakravarthy Sulibele, a Sangh Parivar speaker and a campaigner of Narendra Modi will also be attending the summit in Dubai.
BR Shetty has also been recently widely recognized as the supporter of BJP and Sangh Parivar. In an advertisement the businessman was seen calling for Modi government to be brought back to power.
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Railways announces 84 special trains following IndiGo flight cancellations
New Delhi (PTI): The Railways announced 84 special trains across all zones for Saturday to help people facing travel disruptions due to the mass flight cancellations by IndiGo.
In a coordinated move by the Railway Ministry, the trains, which are to make 104 trips, were arranged in the shortest possible time after analysis of train traffic situations in major cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Patna, and Howrah, among others.
"The number of special trains and their trips might increase further depending on the traffic scenario. All zones have been asked to make use of all available resources, including rolling stock as well as manpower, to safely operate these trains for the convenience of lakhs of passengers stranded at different parts of the country due to flight cancellations," said Dilip Kumar, Executive Director, Information & Publicity, Railway Board.
Officials said efforts are being made to make people aware about the trains, and some divisions have even disseminated information at nearby airports to help passengers.
South Eastern Railway has issued a press release and informed the Airport Authority to display information regarding the newly introduced special train services.
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"Western Railway will run seven special trains on a special fare between Mumbai Central-New Delhi, Mumbai Central-Bhiwani, Mumbai Central-Shakur Basti, Bandra Terminus-Durgapura, Valsad-Bilaspur, Sabarmati-Delhi and Sabarmati-Delhi Sarai Rohilla stations," a press note said.
Similarly, South Central Railway on Saturday announced that it would run four special trains to manage the surge in passengers resulting from the large-scale cancellation of IndiGo flights.
Central Railway and Northern Railway have planned 14 and 10 special trains respectively, and officials said these numbers are being further reviewed to meet any rising requirements.
Other zones have also issued notifications regarding special trains along with their schedules.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggages have been misplaced.
