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Bhumjaithai Party boycotts Green Line concession extension

Bhumjaithai Party boycotts Green Line concession extension

Absence forces cabinet to shelve discussion

Commuters wait to board a train at Khu Khot station on the Green Line in Pathum Thani province on Tuesday. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

Bhumjaithai Party ministers were conspicuously absent from Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, which was due to discuss a 30-year extension of the Green Line railway concession with the maximum fare set at 65 baht.

Absent were Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the Bhumjaithai leader, Transport Minister and Bhumjaithai secretary-general Saksayam Chidchob, Deputy Interior Minister Songsak Thongsri, Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister…

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