Title - Shatabdi Express fails to chug off from Moga

Moga : The bi-weekly Moga-Ludhiana-New Delhi Shatabdi express was to begin today. But, the demand continues to remain pending as the Railways cancelled the train at the last moment. Though the Union Ministry of Railways blamed the cancellation on technical reasons, local politicians of the ruling SAD-BJP coalition alleged that it was a political gimmick by the Congress-led UPA government.Senior railway officials had on Saturday announced that the train would start running from Moga at 3.00 pm on Monday. But at the last moment, it was stopped reportedly due to technical problems, which the local authorities failed to justify to the media.