The Pioneer, March 23, 2012
Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Thursday reportedly promised Congress MP from Kalahandi and former Union Minister Bhakta Charan Das that his demand to set up a rail wagon factory at Narla in Kalahandi district would be considered favourably.
The assurance came after Das threatened to launch hunger strike in the Parliament premises from Monday next in protest against non-fulfilment of the earlier promise in this regard.
Das met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday regarding the issue, following which she reportedly talked to Roy. Later, Das met Roy, who made him the promise.
Das, while taking part in discussion in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, had even threatened to resign his Parliament seat if the wrong meted out to Kalahandi in the new Railway Budget is not undone.
He pointed out that Mamata Banerjee as the then Railway Minister had promised twice that the proposed wagon factory for Odisha would be established at Narla. But Dinesh Trivedi in his budget this time had allotted the project in the State’s Ganjam district.
Das said he learnt from the Railway Board that it was at the instance of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that the wagon factory’s location was decided in favour of Ganjam, which is Patnaik’s home district.
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