Rae Bareli Modern Coach Factory issue: Congress shows double standards, says Piyush Goyal

Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal replied to CPP chief Sonia Gandhi's resistance against the privatisation of Rae Bareli Modern Coach Factory, by saying that it will increase job opportunities as well as ensure growth in the area.

New Delhi: A day after the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chief Sonia Gandhi opposed the privatisation of Rae Bareli Modern Coach Factory, the Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said in the Parliament, on Wednesday, that the move will offer jobs, bring investments and ensure growth, and by opposing it, the Congress party only shows its double standards.

While replying to the supplementary during Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Goyal hit back at Sonia Gandhi by saying that the party only made announcements and not a single coach was made till 2014.

"The production units that are being corporatised will offer jobs, bring investments, ensure growth, make good modern electric and aluminium coaches. To make all this happen, we will bring the corporates on board while the government stays the majority stakeholder," he added.

While giving reply to the issue, the Union Minister alleged that the Congress-run government didn't do corporatisation but privatisation and even if the party set up the coach factory but 1,422 coaches were made after the BJP led government came to power.

On Tuesday, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi opposed the privatisation of Rae Bareli coach factory, by saying that the move will bring unemployment to thousands of employees and will cause uncertainty among employees and their families.