Mamata Banerjee, who rose from the status of a little known regional grass-root politician to the positions of a federal minister, after winning the recent national polls, presented her first railway budget on Friday.
The leader, who became famous amongst masses in Bengal and infamous among the industrial community after her agitation forced Tata Motors to shift their world’s cheapest ‘Nano’ car project, promised socially responsible railways in India in her budget speech. Didi, or elder sister, as she’s popularly known, didn’t increase passenger fares in an attempt to woo the 18 million Indians, who travel on 9,000 trains every day. Indian Railway is the world's largest commercial or utility employer, with more than 1.4 million employees and with a revenue of about $20 billion.
(The Cartoon is sourced from google images attributed to Satish Acharya)
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