Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday criticised the Railway Budget for full of “lofty ideas” without any action plan. “It’s like there is a train coach but no passenger,” Kumar, who served as the Railway Minister during the previous NDA regime, said.
“Bhasan hai par karya yojna nahi hai” (It’s full of speech sans action plan), he said. Apparently taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kumar said, “though the Budget was read by Suresh Prabhu, it was prepared much earlier by somebody else.”
The Bihar CM expressed disappointment over lack of any announcement regarding pending Railway projects in Bihar like two production units in Chapra and Madhepura started by lalu Prasad as Railway Minister in UPA-I. “likewise, there is no clarity on future of mega Railway bridges three of which are in Bihar,” he said.