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Patna, (Bihar Times): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar welcomed the first rail budget presented by Mamata Banerjee during her second innings as the railway minister of India.
Nitish, a former cabinet colleague of Mamata and himself a former railway minister, appreciated her move to issue a White Paper on the functioning of the railways in the recent past. This would expose the statistical jugglery of Lalu Prasad Yadav, he claimed. He termed the budget good and balanced.
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However, in total contrast was the statement of the deputy chief minister, Sushil Kumar Modi, who took the line much closer to that of Lalu Yadav. There is nothing for Bihar in this rail budget, Modi said. He also wanted to know about the fate of Rs 53,000 crore investment made during the reign of Lalu Yadav.
If read politically it means that Nitish is adopting a somewhat soft attitude towards the Congress-led UPA, while the BJP leader Sushil Modi is naturally critical of it.
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Both mamata and nitishkumar trying to get down lalu politically , both should remember that lalu he did excellent performance on his last five years tenure and he made historic profits in Indian railway, regardless his performance in Bihar, but as a railway Minister he give marginal profit to Indian railway, Mamta should learn from lalu and try to keep more profitable to railway and not making politics on this regard. and nitish mukumar also if he cannot appreciate the performance of lalu what he did for Bihar specially in railway but at least he should not make soor to soor same with Mamta.
M wasim
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Wiile presenting railway budget Mumta Banerjee's acknowleding remark to Lalu "you have done something and i will do something" and asking for help by saying "Let me do one or two for WB. You did so much for Bihar" apparently indicate that she may claim lion share for her state out 54.000 crore investment which was approved for Bihar by Lalu parsad.
White paper is in fact a clever step in that direction to find out errors and omission of Lalu and posed question mark on redibility of his performance so that she succeed in snatching away the portion of project allocated for Bihar in a way where nobody can dare to lift finger at her integrity and impartiality. Sushil Kumar Modi's concern is pertinent and any move against interest of Bihar which will most probably be taken after bringing out white paper, should by opposed. Mamta Banarjee should apply her managerial skill to generate revenue for railways and then claim share out of allocated projects for her state and abstain from maligning performance of political rival.
It is also bitter fact that politicians see their interest first and issue of development of state is sacrificed over their own political existence and present tug of war between two stalwarts can be termed result of it.
Farooque
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