Vande Bharat passenger claims food gave her allergy, IRCTC says ‘lunch was satisfactory’

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A Vande Bharat passenger has claimed that eating the food served on the train gave her a severe allergic reaction, while her two-year-old son developed diarrhoea. Ayushi Singh shared a picture of her swollen face on the social media platform X, requesting the Railways to look into the issue.A woman claims she got an allergic reaction after eating food on a Vande Bharat train (Representational image generated using AI)The official X account of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) responded to her post saying the food was checked and found satisfactory, and no other passengers raised complaints.(Also read:

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