Rail Traffic Disrupted by CPI-ML Protestors
Patna: April 23, 2008
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Rail Traffic Disrupted
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Communist Party of India (ML) activists in Patna on Wednesday briefly paralyzed train movement at Rajendra Nagar Terminal to protest against rising prices in the nation while squarely putting the blame on the UPA government at the Center for failing to put a check on it.
Danapur-Rajgir Intercity Express and Lokmanya Tilak Express were affected the most by the disruptive leftists as dozens of protestors sat on the track and climbed on the engines scaring away the drivers and their assistants essentially shutting down the traffic for hours.
Demanding a stop on black-marketing of food items and tough measures against hoarders, and fine-tuning of the public distribution system, the protestors said if such measures were not immediately taken by the Congress-led UPA government, they would further intensify their agitation that would spread across the nation.
Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawans, after much effort, were able to remove the protestors from the tracks enabling the trains to proceed towards their destinations.
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