Rail Budget: Mamata upset, Trivedi may quit
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress has rejected the increase in fares proposed in the Rail Budget presented by Dinesh Trivedi. According to sources, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee is upset with the increase in fares and wants it to be taken back. A team of Trinamool Congress MPs met party colleague Dinesh Trivedi soon after he presented the Railway Budget and conveyed to him party chief's anger over the proposed increase in fares.With his party coming out in the open against the budget, Dinesh Trivedi is mulling resignation, according to Times Now. Addressing a press conference after presenting the budget, Dinesh Trivedi said that his party chief Mamata Banerjee was not aware about the increase in passenger fares. I take full responsibility for the budget, Trivedi said. Union minister and TMC leader Sudip Bandopadhyay said that the party had not discussed the budget provisions with the railway minister.
"We are opposing because of our party leader Mamata Banerjee who has taught us to protect interests of poor people," Bandopadhyay said. TMC MP Derek O'Brien was the first to go public with the party's anger. Railway Budget...what was all that about increasing fares across the board? Upper class...maybe ok...but all? Sorry, cannot agree...., Derek O'Brien tweeted immediately after the budget.
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