Priyanka Gandhi’s claim on railways ‘misleading’, clarifies government

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday flagged a post shared by Congress member Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on a social media platform and rejected her “misleading claim” that the railways has accepted a private firm’s stamp.

In a ‘Fact Check’ alert, the Press Information Bureau tweeted, “It has been claimed in a Facebook video that Indian Railways has accepted a private firm’s stamp. This claim is misleading. This is just an advertisement that aims to improve revenue.”

Priyanka, in her post, had shared a 45-second clip that showed a logo of Adani Wilmar Ltd, an FMCG firm, on a train. She wrote, “The railways that was created with the hard work of crores of Indians... BJP has put a stamp of its billionaire friend Adani. In the days to come, a large part of the railways will go to the billionaire friends of Modi ji.” She had further written that “India’s farmers are waging a tough battle as they try to stop Modi ji’s billionaire friends from taking over farm sector.”