New Delhi: Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi
on Tuesday criticised Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for staying
back in Kolkata at a time when Mumbai remained hit by large
scale disruption of its lifeline suburban train services due
to strike by motormen.
"Since there is municipal elections in Kolkata, Railway
Minister (Mamata Banerjee) is there. I do not think it is
proper...," Manohar Joshi told reporters here.
After holding the city to ransom for two days, railway
motormen called off their indefinite strike following talks
with the state government today.
The decision to bring Mumbai`s lifeline on track came
shortly after the Railway Ministry, edged on by parties like
MNS, Congress and Shiv Sena to end the stir, mulled invoking
provisions of Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA).
The motormen decided to call off their agitation after
the state government gave an assurance to them that it would
mediate between the strikers and the Railway ministry, Home
Minister R R Patil after the meeting with representatives of
the train drivers.
PTI
