BJP to hire trains for Modi’s Bihar rally

Patna, 10 October 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hired 10 trains with 18 bogies each to ferry its supporters here for the 27 October rally of its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, the leader of opposition in the state assembly Nand Kishore Yadav said on Thursday, adding that the trains will run from different parts of the state like Kishanganj, Purnea, Araria, Bhagalpur, Saharsa, Bettiah, Bagha and Samastipur, among other cities to Patna. He said the BJP’s district units will also ferry people by buses hired from Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, as there are not enough buses available in the state. An East Central Railway (ECR) official said an action plan was drawn up by the railways to run special trains Oct 26-27. “We have made elaborate arrangements for smooth running of passenger trains as well as long-distance trains,” he said.