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At the start of Rajya Sabha proceedings, RJD leader Manoj Jha, who had shot off a letter to Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar about the minister's 'demeaning' remark, demanded an apology.
In a scathing attack on the CPM-led Left front government in Kerala, the minister said the state was a total failure in meeting the people's demands.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had called upon Union Minister for Consumer Affairs & Food, Piyush Goyal on Friday.
India's commerce minister faced heat on social media on Saturday for his remarks that many big domestic businesses had overlooked national interests and that $106 billion Tata Group's objections to proposed policy changes for e-commerce had upset him.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that at present, a suitable cost effective technology for provision of WiFi based internet services in trains was not available.
Goyal charged the American e-commerce companies with arrogance and using capital to the detriment of small shopkeepers in India.
Vijayan's reaction comes a day after the Union Minister had rejected the charge that the nuns and two others were 'attacked' in Jhansi by some Bajrang Dal activists and said the Kerala CM was 'making false statements' on the issue.
Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the Angamaly-Erumely Sabari rail project would be a reality within a year if Kerala gives the land.
Goyal said the local police, after receiving a complaint against the nuns, made an investigation whether the complaint was correct.
Replying to a discussion on Demands for Grants for Railways in the Lok Sabha, Goyal said there has been no death of any passenger in rail accidents in past two years and the railways has been putting enormous focus on passenger safety.