Chain pulled to stop Punjab Mail for Uma Bharti:Train halted for 5 minutes in Jhansi; former CM claims it departed ahead of schedule

Former Chief Minister Uma Bharti had to stop the Punjab Mail by chain pulling at Jhansi on Sunday. When Uma Bharti reached the platform, the Punjab Mail going to New Delhi had already departed. The train had left half the platform. Uma’s supporters immediately stopped the train. She had to board the First AC coach A-1 of the train. But by the time the train stopped, coach A-1 had reached the yard. Therefore, she boarded coach B-1. Due to the chain pulling, the train’s brake air had been released. The train stood for 5 minutes, half on the platform and half in the yard. After Uma Bharti boarded the train, the train was sent forward. Uma Bharti said- The train had departed ahead of schedule. This entire incident is a result of railway mismanagement. What happened to me today is happening to passengers every day. Such difficulties frequently occur at stations like Mathura, Jhansi, and Lalitpur. Women run around on platforms with luggage and children. The elderly and differently-abled face the most trouble.Uma Bharti had to board Third AC. Now know the complete matterUma Bharti’s claim – Reached the station at 2:18 PMFormer CM Uma Bharti claimed that she arrived at Jhansi Railway Station on Sunday afternoon at 2:18 PM. The train was at 2:23 PM.Uma Bharti said – I was going by escalator, but the officers asked me to go by e-cart. After walking some distance, a train passed in front of the e-cart, so we had to stand there for five minutes. Then a hand trolley came out. Due to this, the train was missed.Wrote a letter to Rail Minister on X – Lack of sensitivity at the stationUma Bharti has written a letter to Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on social media X after the incident. Uma Bharti said, I have previously written about the insensitivity towards passengers at Mathura Railway Station. Today again, an incident happened with me while boarding at Jhansi Railway Station in which there is no criminal, but the lack of practical sensitivity in the construction of modern facilities at stations has become the cause.Officers asked to go by e-cart. After this, Uma Bharti went to the platform by e-cart.CCTV should be retrievedUma Bharti wrote – CCTV footage of Jhansi Railway Station should be retrieved. I had reached Jhansi Railway Station before the train arrived and this train came before the scheduled time and departed before the scheduled time. I was being taken in a battery cart from platform number 1 towards number 4. Meanwhile, a train passed on the same track for a long time and we stood waiting.Then when we moved a little ahead, a handcart was stuck in the track. My security personnel helped in removing it. Then when I reached platform number 4 and the train Punjab Mail in which I had to board was leaving. Who pulled the chain, I have no idea, and I was made to board the train. Will tell about Mathura and Jhansi incidents togetherUma further wrote- Everything was according to time, there was no mistake by anyone. Three-four minutes of the train went bad for me. The first reason for this was the train arriving before time and leaving 2 minutes before time.Mistake of Officials Operating the TrainUma Bharti said, leave me aside, but common people, differently-abled persons, elderly, women and men carrying a lot of luggage and women with children in their laps become victims of mismanagement. I do not consider it the fault of Jhansi Railway officials at all, nor do I consider it my fault. This entire system was created by the officials operating the train inside the railway. I will tell you again to pay attention to these mismanagements.Railway’s Claim – Train Departed on TimeAccording to the National Train Enquiry System, the train arrived at platform 4 at 2:09 PM, 6 minutes before its scheduled time of 2:15 PM. After that, it was supposed to depart at 2:23 PM after an 8-minute stop, and the train departed at its scheduled time. Later, when it was stopped by chain pulling, it departed again at 2:28 PM.Divisional Railway Manager Aniruddh Kumar informed-The chain pulling of the Mumbai-Firozpur Punjab Mail was not done by Uma Bharti. Some passengers who had gotten down on the Jhansi station platform to get food and water, when they saw that the train was starting to move, their fellow passengers pulled the chain. It doesn’t happen in the railway system that a train leaves the platform before the scheduled time. Yes, it is true that trains do arrive at the station before the scheduled time. Still, we are investigating the matter whether the train was run before time or not.