Farmers’ protest: Modi govt reaches out to Sikhs through IRCTC, sends 2 crore emails

New Delhi:  IRCTC sent out nearly two crore emails between December 8 and December 12 to its customers listing 13 decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support the Sikh community, amidst farmers’ protest against the Centre’s three farm laws.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, (IRCTC), a railway PSU, emailed to its customers the 47-page booklet — ‘PM Modi and his government’s special relationship with Sikh — as part of the government’s ‘public interest’ outreach to make people aware of the bills and also to squash myths about them, officials said.
The booklets are in Hindi, English and Punjabi.
The emails, which were discontinued on December 12, were sent to the entire database of IRCTC, where passengers key in their details while booking tickets, the officials said.
The PSU denied reports that the emails had been sent to only members of the Sikh community.
“The mails have been sent to all, irrespective of any particular community. This is not the first instance. Earlier also such activities have been undertaken by IRCTC to promote government welfare schemes in public interest, an official statement from IRCTC said.