Centre under Sena fire over rail fare

Mumbai: After political rivals, the Modi government has come under fire from Shiv Sena over the rail fare hike with its oldest ally terming the move as akin to the common man being run over by train. “Railway minister Sadananda Gowda has in the first instance brought a steep fare hike and has run the train over the common man,” an editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ said on Monday. Wary of the adverse fallout of the government's decision in poll-bound Maharashtra, the Sena said the Centre had given the opposition “a tool to attack us”.