Terming the rail budget as "disappointing, directionless and populist", BJP today demanded that Rail Minister Lalu Prasad come out with a "performance budget" for each of the five years of his tenure.
"This budget is most directionless budget presented by the Rail Minister Lalu Prasad... It's nothing but jugglery of words," BJP spokesperson Shahnawaj Hussain said.
"Railway Minister should also present an outcome and performance budget after each railway budget so that people could know which of promises made during his rail budgets were actually implemented," party general secretary Ananth Kumar said.
Kumar said the minister should not "mislead" parliament and the country with "empty sloganeering".
"The entire rail budget exercise has become a mockery. The railway minister has presented this please all budget to garner votes," Kumar said, adding "this is neither full budget nor half budget but simply a vote budget."