Tags: BJP , Congress

New Delhi: BJP today slammed the railway budget saying that it had been prepared in haste and failed to provide the needed impetus even as Congress described it as pro people and a reflection of the policies of the UPA government.

"The budget builds on the achievements of the UPA government in the last five years," Congress spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters soon after Mamata Banerjee presented the Rail Budget in Lok Sabha.

He said it was a pro-people budget. "Special focus has been on the SC/ST areas of the country through the budget," Tewari said.
The silver lining, according to Tewari was that no fares had been increased in times of economic recession.

Asked whether the Budget was better as compared to the one presented by Lalu Prasad last year, Tewari said every budget has to be seen in perspective.

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