Kerala's Railway Minister, V Abdurahiman, has written to the Union Railway Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, requesting the discontinuation of plans to abolish the Palakkad railway division. He argues that Palakkad is a high-performing division in terms of passenger traffic and revenue. Abdurahiman sees this move as a deliberate attempt to disadvantage Kerala...
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and criticizes the Union government's overall neglect of the state's railway development needs, including track doubling and new train allocation. He also blames UDF parliamentarians for their inaction and accuses Minister of State for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, of actively opposing Kerala's demands.