Cong won't disrupt rail budget if Speaker promises price rise debate

July 08, 2014 11:15

News at this hour:Dinesh Trivedi, former rail minister, says, "Railways is like our jersey cow, our political system has never understood this."

Rail minister Sadananda Gowda say, I'm going to present my maiden Rail Budget today. Hope we are able to meet public expectations."

Congress sources say that the party will not disrupt the Rail Budget if Speaker gives assurance of discussion on price rise and Leader of Opposition status to Congress. The Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to meet Speaker Sumitra Mahajan over the LoP issue.

Pic: Rail minister Sadananda Gowda and MoS Manoj Sinha with the budget papers.

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