Indian Railways

[Capt M Kumar]

<!--emo&:grenade--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/grenade.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='grenade.gif' /><!--endemo--> Senior functionaries of the ruling coalition, including finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, have in the past few days sought to impress upon the railway minister the need to pipe down her enthusiasm on the subject. Their argument: all railway budgets in the previous government had been presented in Parliament after getting due approval of the Union Cabinet. Since the latter functions on the principle of collective responsibility, any adverse comment on the performance of the railway ministry in the last five years will be seen as a direct indictment of the Cabinet, and the prime minister himself.

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