Train Naming Stunt - Guruforum Opposes misuse of Guru's name

Latest on This Circus! Updated 5th April 2002

Our Well-wisher Mr K.R.Panicker informs us now that the train is named after Rabindrannath Tagore and SWAMI Chinmayanandan, according to the Railway Site!
http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-name.html

Here is an edited photo of the page

So that's what the Railway says! If you read the earlier news below, Minister O Rajagopal first claimed that it is after Sree Narayana Guru and later in the High Court "Jz sivl oph H. jQLdv Fltl pTYiv oht oYlNhkkX Ljal, AhY F djJw QljY hjY Bi Bji DmY lJYhijY."

The Govt and the Minister didn't have the backbone to admit what the Railway says on the web. Basically the Govt and the Minister are big liars, which is nothing unusual in today's India!

Guruforum denounce such backbonelss stand and also questions the silence of the so-called SNDP leaders on the issue. Forum doesn't care at all even if the train is named after a smuggler in Bombay, but strongly oppose the unnecessary dragging of Guru's name into dirty stunts by the Politicians and the boot-lickers of Godmen! dwdL  c NAU G  K Vj WK c!

Earlier News:

Recently Union Government did a stunt: Named a train Gurudev Express and minister O Rajagopal claimed that its after Sree Narayana Guru! Some of the Shivagiri crowd and SNDP guys hailed the action without bothering to see that Gurudev in Bengali is referring to Tagore (the train is going to Calcutta). There has been some requests from SNDP related guys to rename the train as Sree Narayan Guru Express. O Rajagopal openly said that everyone knows Gurudev is Narayana Guru!!

Guruforum always opposed such political stunts. The great reformer Narayana Guru does not need any cheap support from the third class political parties and ministers. We oppose such moves. Guru's message is totally forgotten and the whole masses are resorting to cheap rituals, miracles, godmen and third class politicians for salavation! Such a debacle can only be solved by hard work and understanding.

Now Kerala Rationalist Association filed a suit in High Court against this nonsense. Union Govt shameless gone back on their earlier proclamations and now says that the trains are not named after any particular person! This stand, obviosuly, was to escape from the Constitutional problems arising out of the case. Here is the news report on this in English and Malayalam.

HC dismiss PIL on train naming (Kaumudi Online 14.8.2001)
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court yesterday closed a public Interest Litigation (PIL) preferred by the Kerala Rationalist Association against the naming of two trains as "Gurudev Express" and "Amrita Express" in the light of a statement filed on behalf of the Union Govt and the Railway Ministry.

The statement said that the trains were not named after any individual living or dead.The petitioners contended that naming of trains after individuals were unprecedented and against the declared policies of the Railways and spirit of the Constitution. Naming of the recently started Nagercoil-Howrah Express as "Gurudev Express" and Palakkad- Thiruvananthapuram daily express, as "Amrita Express" was arbitrary, they argued.

The govt statement explained that the Howrah express was named as "Gurudev Express" as a mark of respect to Acharyas and the second train was named as "Amrita Express" after the word "Amrita".

A division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice P K Balasubrahmanyam and Justice M Ramachandran said in the light of the statement, the contention of the petitioners was devoid of any merit.

Ljal, AhY FJodoJw BjTi ohjXtYZh (Kerala Kaumudi 14.8.2001)
J: Ljal, AhY FJodo TicJw B djJw cvJiY QljY hjY Bi BjTik ohjXtYZh Jzott pTYi Asi.
ps~cLtJlv FJodocmcjiX Ljlus ohjXtYZ Ljal F dkT~Yjlcdj FJodoc AhYczhi aliT fphctYZ ‘AhY’ F dj Jzott Yjhc sXh Blm Jjq iJYla oM cvJi ptQikX Jzott ouVL Jxov Cj JTYiv lJYhiY. TicJw hYqhi fcbh djJqTY mjii cTdTi cps mYfaiTcfcb Qlptkv cps FJodo F Ticc djTu Yjhck dTY mYfa FJodo F hi iJYla oM doV dlccl pTY hJ fbj.
Jov JOtj Jz sivl hki oJs, sivl ftV oJs, Jz sivl oph H. jQLdv Fltl pTYiv oht oYlNhkkX Ljal, AhY F djJw QljY hjY Bi Bji DmY lJYhijY.
gjYk BOjuhjTi ohjXtYZhX Ljal F ps~cLtJlv FJodoc djY. AhY FJodok AhY F da AtYZhY AhYciX F Jzotjcl pTY hJ fb.
Jzus lmaJjX JXkT BJTL Oe Qoo d.J. fkofphXl Qoo F. jhOzchT Vlnu f iJYla oM cvJi Jo Ck Yt.

A Sad End to Train Naming Circus?!

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