Mamata Banerjee has also indicated that the hike in the lower class fares proposed by him in the Railway budget may be rolled back. Another Trinamool leader and currently Union Minister of Shipping Mukul Roy is scheduled to be sworn in as the new Railway Minister in the rank of a Cabinet minister.

"If our nominee will become Railway Minister then we will modify the fares. There is no problem in the hike in upper class fares. We have no objection...it is tolerable. "But for those who are poor, who travel daily in trains or those who travel in sleeper classes, it matters," she said 

"Whatever we do, the common people should not suffer. This is our policy. In railways there is no travel for a distance of mere one km or two km distance. It is always more than 100 km or so in urban areas for people who go to office daily. If you count those two paisa per km then it willcome to a good  amount," she said.    

"Common people travel in sleeper classes. Whatever we do the common people should not suffer. This is our policy," the West Bengal Chief Minister said.