Stalin urges Modi to not hike train fares

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....talin urges Modi to not hike train fares<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 25-6-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Chennai, Jun 25 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to not increase train fares. Passenger fares are set to be hiked from July, and the decline in the number of ordinary coaches has "taken away happiness" from the people, Stalin said, who tra....

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....velled to Katpadi by train from Chennai. The chief minister said he interacted with people who gave him a warm welcome as he reached the railway station here. "Ordinary train coaches need not be reduced in order to increase air-conditioned coaches, and rail fares also need not be increased," Stalin appealed to PM Modi and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Middle class families already battle pr....

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....ice rise and the recent hike in cooking gas prices, and their concerns should not be further increased by way of hiking the train fares, the CM said, adding the Indian Railway isn't just a service - it’s family! In his reaction, AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami, listing increase in property tax, electricity tariff, registration charges and other similar measures in the state by the DMK regim....

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....e, asked if the chief minister did not think about people's happiness. The AIADMK leader urged the Centre to give up the proposal to hike the train fares and said the proposed hike in rail fares was at the rate of a paisa (per kilometre). However, the increase in state level taxes/levies was manifold and it was in "thousands" (of rupees). Hence, Stalin speaking about people losing happiness was ....

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....similar to "Devil quoting the scripture," said the AIADMK leader, hitting out at the chief minister. PTI VGN VGN KH<BR> News - Press release - PIB....