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Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says her state was deprived in Railway Budget

Banerjee was the Railway minister between 2009 and 2011 during the UPA-2 regime

Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar, Oath, Bihar

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talks to media as she arrives to attend mega oath-taking ceremony of the new Nitish council of ministers in Patna. Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India Kolkata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a former Railway minister, today said that the state had been deprived in the Railway Budget for 2016-17.

"In this year's Railway Budget, Bengal has got nothing. When I was the Railway minister for two years, I did the work of 40 years," Banerjee said while addressing a party programme here.
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Banerjee was the railway minister between 2009 and 2011 during the UPA-2 regime.

On the day the Railway Budget was presented in Parliament, the Trinamool Congress had described it as a "big zero" and said there was nothing new at all.
 
"The Railway Budget is a big zero. Last year, it had no depth. This year too. Nothing new at all. Freight rates and passenger fares were increased earlier. Zero plus zero equals zero," TMC national spokesperson Derek O'Brien had said in a statement.

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First Published: Feb 27 2016 | 8:42 PM IST

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