Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday, in a series of tweets, noted that three lakh posts are vacant in railways. Also, posts at high levels whose recruitment is through the Prime Minister’s Office are also lying vacant for the past nine years, he added.

Posting an official letter, Kharge said the principal chief operating manager of South Western Railway Zone sought repair of the signalling system on February 8, 2023, citing an incident in Mysuru in which two trains averted a collision. “Why did the Ministry of Railways not act on it,” he asked.