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Tamil Nadu parties criticise Rail Budget

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Business Standard New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 27 2016 | 10:03 PM IST
If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was expecting to use the Railway Budget to gain some traction in Tamil Nadu where Assembly elections are due this year, it would be sorely disappointed. Every political party in the state has slammed the Railway Budget. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said it had failed to meet the expectations of the people of the state; Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam founder and BJP ally Vijayakanth concurred; and Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S Ramadoss, while welcoming some of the measures in the Railway Budget, said that on most issues Tamil Nadu had been ignored.

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First Published: Feb 27 2016 | 9:30 PM IST

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