Rabri congratulates Lalu for "people-oriented" Rail budget

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 17:43 [IST]

Patna, Feb 26 (UNI) Lauding Railway Minister Lalu Prasad for presenting a ''people-oriented'' budget, former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi today said the interests of all sections had been properly taken care of.

Talking to newspersons here, Ms Rabri Devi, Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, said lowering of fare was a gift to the passengers.

She thanked Mr Prasad for according special attention to the women as they had been given additional facilities.

She said cleanliness in the trains and on the platforms and safety and security of the passegers were possible only with the cooperation of the commuters.

To a query regarding the profit the railway was generating even without enhancing THE fare, she said it was an ''open secret''.

UNI

Topics: RAIL-BUDGET-RABRI

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