NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan strongly condemned the Southern Railway for allegedly making faculty college students sing an RSS music onboard the newly inaugurated Vande Bharat Categorical from Ernakulam to Bengaluru on Saturday.“The @GMSRailway making college students sing the RSS anthem on the flag-off of the Ernakulam–Bengaluru Vande Bharat Categorical is very condemnable. Together with the anthem of an organisation recognized for its communal ideology and hate mongering in an official occasion is a blatant violation of constitutional ideas,” the Kerala CM mentioned.
Calling it a “blatant violation of constitutional ideas”, Vijayan questioned the Railways' alternative of music for an “official” operate and its transfer to share it on social media handles. The Southern Railway reportedly withdrew the social media publish following widespread criticism in opposition to it, in response to information company PTI.“By sharing the video on its social media handles, the railway authorities have uncovered how eminent nationwide establishments are being subverted by Sangh Parivar politics,” he mentioned in a publish on X.“As soon as a proud image of India's secular nationalism, the Railways is now getting used to sneak communal ideology into official features. All secular and democratic forces should unite to withstand this harmful transfer,” he added.CPM Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas additionally condemned the transfer saying, in a publish on X, “The RSS Ganageetham fashioned an integral a part of the extremely politicised inauguration of the brand new Vande Bharat service between Ernakulam and Bangalore. Indian Railways has stooped to new depths, as even the announcement of latest providers is now marked by political fanfare whereas sidelining folks's representatives.”TV visuals confirmed college students aboard the Vande Bharat Categorical singing an RSS music, PTI reported.
