New Delhi, July 03: Mamata Banerjee’s first Railway Budget was today rubbished by her predecessor and RJD chief Lalu Prasad as also BJP but Left parties and Samajwadi Party gave a mixed view on it.
Prasad, who is out in the cold despite supporting the government, said many proposals in the budget, including launch of double-decker train service and non-stop quick trains, were “impractical”.
Even on the budget’s positive aspects, he refused to give credit to Banerjee, saying she had used his achievements in the Ministry to build her case. “Is this a budget? She has just read out what I had announced during my stint…She suffers from a complex,” he said and accused the Railways Minister of discriminating with his state Bihar.
Reacting to the Budget, BJP’s Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said it was “unrealistic and based on fantasy.
–PTI