The Socialist Party has launched a nation-wide awareness campaign against the government’s decision to sell the Indian Railways. This campaign was inaugurated by a ‘Save Indian Railways’ march from Mandi House to Jantar-Mantar in Delhi on 22 June 2017. In that series a ‘Save Indian Railways’ Dharna was organized at Jantar-Mantar on 2 October 2017.

Senior journalist Kuldip Nayar said on this occasion that the Socialist Party is struggling to establish the fundamental principles of the Constitution and the values ​​of the freedom movement. According to the Constitution of India, it is the government's responsibility to strengthen the public sector. But the government is pushing the Railways, the biggest unit of public sector, into the private sector. It is cheating with the Constitution and the people of India. I have full support to the Socialist Party that has launched the awareness campaign to stop the privatization of the Railways. I hope the President will ask the government to withdraw the decisions being taken in the direction of privatization of the Railways.

Senior socialist leaders Arun Kumar Srivastav, Shyam Gambhir, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Purushottam, Amar Singh Amar, Dr. Shahsi Shekhar Singh (member, Academic Council, Delhi University), Dr. Prem Singh (president, Socialist Party), Renu Gambhir (vice president), Manjoo Mohan (general secretary), Faizal Khan (organising secretary), Syed Tahseen Ahmed (acting president Socialist Party Delhi Pradesh), Shahbaz Malick (secretary), Niraj Kumar (president, Socialist Yuvjan Sabha), Bandana Pandey (general secretary), Ram Naresh (secretary, SYS, Delhi Pradesh) addressed the audience at dharna. Social-political activists, writers-intellectuals-journalists and students in large numbers will participate in dharna.

A memorandum was submitted to the President at the end of dharna requesting him to stop the privatisation of the railways. (A Copy of the memorandum is enclosed)

Dr Hiranya Himkar conducted the proceedings of the program.

हस्तक्षेप मित्रों के सहयोग से संचालित होता है। आप भी मदद करके इस अभियान में सहयोगी बन सकते हैं।

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