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Trivedi would have consulted PM for sure: Sharad

By IANS,

New Delhi : Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav Thursday said Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi could not have presented his maiden budget without consulting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

“Dinesh Trivedi could not have presented rail budget without consulting the PM and (Congress president) Sonia Gandhi,” Yadav said, after Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee complained that her party was not consulted over the fare hike announced by Trivendi in his rail budget and that she wants the new fares to be axed.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, he added: “We want the government to go but we want the government to stay well till they stay.”