Railway budget: Is it for India or Bengal alone??

Dear Abdul,

You can see the past history of railway budgets, every Railway Minister tried to benefit his or her own state much more than any other state. They can't resist, as their bread and butter lies in the voters of their constituency only. They just try to make their seats firm in the forthcoming elections. So, why should they favor other states from which they won't seek verdict in their favor?

About our netas, nothing will happen to them. They are so shrewd that they can manage to befool people any time. Whether they are in ruling party or in opposition they are one when common man tries to rise against any of them. Even in the present 2G spectrum Ghotala, irrespective of formation of JPC, you will find that everything will remain hush-hush.

Now even BJP Neta Arun Shourie, whose party leaders along with the opposition leader made hue and cry in the Parliament and not allowed the Parliament to function, causing more than hundred Crores (7 Crores per day basis) of loss of the tax-payers money, as expenditure on the Parliament for those days, has suggested that Raja be made as official witness instead of being declared as culprit. That clearly means that even the opposition has desired Raja, being an official witness, to go out scot-free from backdoor getting pardon of the judiciary. So, these netas will remain untouched while some unsupported bureaucrats will get the punishments as scapegoats. AND by the passage of time, our ever-forgiving people, the common man of India, will forget everything after the noise-making opposition derives maximum voting benefits out of our Indian people.

Even our members will forget what such issues we discussed in this forum.

I am neither supporting in yes nor in no column. As disscussed in TV and other platforms it is observed from 30 years of my experience, our neta favors their consituncy or area. Since 20 years the railway is developed only in Bihar and west Begal. After independence our netas work is a discussing point that the budget is for Begal or india. This is ridiculus hopeless and worthless. According to me a railway ministery should be formed one member from each state in lower hierarchy and one cabinet minister in upper hierarchy and finally the commitee has to prepare the budget or the the budget should be prepared in state proportionate basis. Otherwise the time is not too away indian netas will face the crisis like Egypt and other countries.

I think u should go through the budget speech again. Mumbai got 47 sub urban service, projects in Jammu and Kashmir, in manipur - with all these things if anyone says the budget is only for bengal then i doubt whether he has read all the points in the budget.