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"The Express train of UPA before going to elections has met with serious accident," Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh said reacting to the budget.
Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj described the exercise as "totally discriminatory against the BJP ruled states especially Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh".
CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta was more caustic as he wondered whether the exercise was carried out by Finance Minister P Chidambaram or Prasad.
Dasgupta said it was a budget for affluent middle class and there was no benefit given for travellers in local trains and monthly ticket holders. "We are totally opposing the budget", he said.
"It is a parochial budget. The new trains are going between Patna and Chennai", his party colleague Sudhakar Reddy said adding that it was an "imbalanced" budget.
Reddy as also Dasgupta alleged that the fifth consecutive Railway Budget presented by Prasad addressed more to the affluent class than the common man.
Mohan Singh as also BJD's Brajkishore Mohanty and Swaraj said the budget neglected several states including Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Gujarat.
"The walkout of members from all sides from the Lok Sabha has exposed the hollowness of Lalu Prasad's Railway Budget", BJP Deputy leader V K Malhotra said dubbing it as a "disappointing" budget.
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RatingWell it stinks like hell the railways of India, and most routes are always full, so I wonder what these people are talking about the railway is making a profit. Still there is no mordernization Railway station stink because of all that pooph. The population is increasing and so the demand for railways being full. All cheap publizity stunt by Laloo Yadav and company. Please mordernize the railway and make it decent for us people, it doesn't have to stink so then maybe we will have some respect for laloo.
india is a democratic country and none of the politian has appreciated the others work in any way, so its quite natural to resist first ( may be they should take cue from Lead india show, where oppenents were more concerned with the issues than finding fault with others) but the good thing about this budget has been the ability to raise the out put of railways and reduce the fares, it only shows that better management can reduce burden on individuals
Goal pe Goal daag rahe hain har match me hum! Desh ka baccha-baccha bole, "Chak De Railway"!! Laluji those who are opposing you are defunct, simply ignore them. In last 4 years you have earned for India Rs68000Crore, that too without increasing fare. On the contrary you have been reducing the fare. Laluji we Indians are proud of You!
Railway Minister has done very well. Opposition parties can always find deficiencies. When NDA was in power, they never thought of reducing fare/freight. It is better they keep quiet.
MS Kanathji, Has he done anything for crore passenger of mumbai who unlike Biharis pay for tickets, these poor people hae been travelling worse then catles in fright coaches and u ares saying this is good budget shame on you
hats off to opposition also .. as lauji they are doing there job with perfection by opposing everything done by govt.. Chak De Railways
as usual there are always grudges against good policy makers.lets face them.Chak de Railways!
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