BL Santosh trolled on Twitter for thanking PM Modi after being served tea on Vande Bharat train
Users say they were served tea on trains in 1975
New Delhi: BJP National General Secretary and senior RSS leader BL Santosh was trolled on Twitter after he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after having been served a cup of tea in Vande Bharat Express.
In a tweet on Sunday, Santosh shared a picture of tea and biscuit being served to him adding that it was a special experience and the governance has reached a new height under PM Modi.
He also thanked Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in the tweet for the experience.
Twitter users who took note of the tweet, trolled Santosh adding that snacks and tea were being served on trains like Rajdhani Express since the 1970s.
Journalist Sanjukta Basu reminded Santhosh that she traveled on a train that served four different cuisines in the year 1985.
Another user sarcastically thanked Modi stating that there were no trains in India before 2014 and tea was only sold to foreigners as Indians were not able to afford such luxuries.
“Two biscuits and one cup of tea and governance has reached a new height!! I got the same thing in the Rajdhani Express whenever I travelled since 1975!!” another user wrote.
“I remember the days when the waiter came around with the thermos, and directly poured it into your mouth. But thankfully we invented cups in 2014.” another user added.
Having a cup of tea in ‘ Vande Bharath ‘ Express . My first journey in this train . A special experience indeed .. Governance has reached a new height under PM @narendramodi . Thank You @AshwiniVaishnaw pic.twitter.com/NSu8n9GDbj
— B L Santhosh (@blsanthosh) May 8, 2022
I got into a train which had 4 different cuisine, Indian Veg, Indian nonveg, continental veg, continental non-veg, severed us too much good food 4 times in a 16 hour journey, along with blankets, pillows, newspapers, warm towels. Year 1985, train Rajdhani Express.
— Sanjukta Basu ✍️ (@sanjukta) May 8, 2022
Travelled only once in Rajdhani in 2005, and were served Chai biskut, lunch, dinner, afternoon snacks too..https://t.co/MRDsI5wSVF
— Sanjay (@Sanjaypro) May 9, 2022
thank you modiji indeed. before 2014 there were no trains in india. also chai was only sold to foreigners coz Indians couldn't afford such luxurious items. once again i thank our beloved PM🚩🚩
— Melon Musk (@Vegg_Biryani) May 8, 2022
Two biscuits and one cup of tea and governance has reached a new height!! I got the same thing in the Rajdhani Express whenever I travelled since 1975!!
— CA S S Balakrishnan (@SSBalaK1) May 8, 2022
I remember the days when the waiter came around with the thermos, and directly poured it into your mouth. But thankfully we invented cups in 2014.
— Kajol Srinivasan (@LOLrakshak) May 8, 2022
This is so amazing. I still remember the days before 2014 when people had to carry Tea leaves, water, saucepan, stove and make their own tea in train https://t.co/0DDh4m2eHb
— Joy (@Joydas) May 8, 2022
What a transformation in the Indian railways under PM! The secret recipe for this chai has been given by the original chai wala of the country! Never before such a tea has been served inside trains. This is what we get when we elect a chai wala as PM!
— Ek_Hindustani! (@DesiHindustani2) May 8, 2022
Before 2014,We used to get free food(premium trains), free blanket & bedsheets and also 50% concession for senior citizens(which is withdrawn now).
— Zuber Malik (@malik_zr) May 8, 2022
That's the duty of the government.
Oh My God, amazing governance, 1st time in the history of Indian Railways, tea has been served to a passenger in a train. One more step towards achieving a 5 million ton economy.
— Priyaa Yadav 2.0 (@PriyaaReturnz) May 8, 2022
This is breaking news indeed!!!
When you don’t have real achievements, you boast about tea on a train-which is even more hilarious because that is not even an achievement
— Keshbhakt (@keshbhakt) May 8, 2022
Only a scientist par excellence who can “shuck” oxygen and water from the air with the help of turbine, who can make tea using gas from a dirty, stinking nullah, who can use e-mail and digital camera in 1988 before these were invented, can achieve this Herculean feat.
— Rajendra Kumbhat (@Enraged_Indian) May 8, 2022
This is so amazing. I still remember those days before 2014 when people had to carry Tea leaves, water,milk, sugar, saucepan, stove and make their own tea in train
— आम आदमी (@subodhjee12345) May 8, 2022
Imagine how things were before 2014 when we had to walk or take bullock carts.Thanks to these new heights we now have trains and flights.Another eight years and you will have this tea in spacecraft.
— KodeWarrior (@NaanThanDaAvan) May 8, 2022
Before 2014..I had to stay in line outside the engine which ran on coal to buy some coal for my chulha and then make tea.
— Sarath P (@sarathcpt) May 8, 2022
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
