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May 1974

In power

INC — Centre

Acted

Centre

The Border Security Force, the Central Reserve Police and state police were deployed at points on the railways. Railway Minister L. N. Mishra told the Rajya Sabha on 14 May that the deployment was to safeguard against sabotage and destruction of railway property and to protect workers at their posts, and the Home Ministry said in July that the BSF and CRPF had not used firing, lathi charges or tear gas. Opposition MP Niren Ghosh said in the Rajya Sabha on 7 May that the Army had been alerted and the Territorial Army called out, and TIME reported that militiamen were mobilised to run emergency rail services. A Frontier account says the Provincial Armed Constabulary was also deployed. The Caravan says electricity and water were cut to railway colonies in Bombay, Delhi, Kishanganj, Shakurbasti and Malda; Bhupesh Gupta raised the cuts in the Rajya Sabha on 14 May, and Mishra replied that he had no information. [5][6][4][3][1][2]

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