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“There should not be any political intervention in the Railways, and like in defence and external affairs, there should be a national policy,” he told The Indian Express, adding that this would stop ministers from making a ‘U-turn’ on railway policies rolled out by predecessors. “Different governments should not get to change the way Indian Railways adopts its growth plans.”
The statement comes weeks after Mamata Banerjee, Trivedi’s party chief, reportedly shot down his proposal for a dynamic fare model to revive the ailing Railways. Every railway minister has been known to change key policies based on political compulsions, including Mamata during her tenure as railway minister.
In a seminar by a Japanese delegation to promote bullet trains on Friday, Trivedi said: “Whether in matters of transfer, providing stoppages at stations, for new lines... all MPs... (have their wish list).
“I don’t criticise that because they have to think about the people, but we have to give the Railways a professional model.”
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Call a spade a spade. may be thrivedi belong to mamta party, but what he says is 100%correct. when railway routings become everybody's job, it becomes nobody's job.There is a ministry for every department. Members of parliament have every right to demand routes and stoppings for their states, because they have to answer the people who voted them and sent them to parliament. But the final decision depends on the authorities to see the feasibility of the routings, technically, financially and ultimately of course to do good to all citizens of India. The Minister should also see that no state is undermined. Since he belongs to Trinamool Congress, and his leader is more bent towards west bengal, one should not feel they are feeding their own children. Anyway, the Minister has outspoken what is actually happening in the INDIAN DEMOCRACY This way Dr.Manmohan Singh cannot pull long by bending this way and that way to be in power till 2014.
Well spoken ,dear Trivedi. Mamta has almost singlehandedly destroyed railways finances with her brain dead,highlt irresponsible approach. Maybe all the political bosses (gandhis, mayawatis, pawars, thackereys, yadavs,abdullahs, jayas etc,) need to hear more from their juniors.
His days as Railway Minister are numbered now. Mamata can not tolerate any intelligent arguments. She is one of the three crazy ladies in Politics besides Jaya and Maya. God save India from them.