No record of West Bengal government asking for eight Special Trains: Indian Railways

New Delhi: No proposal on record with us from West Bengal government to run 'Shramik Special' trains for migrant workers to the state, an Indian Railways official told PTI after Trinamool Congress's claimed that eight trains are being run to bring back stranded labourers.

The response came minutes after the TMC said they have already planned to run eight trains to ferry migrants from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Telangana.

The railway said they did not even have the proposal yet for the train, which the TMC claimed has been scheduled from Hyderabad to Malda on Saturday at 3 pm.