No improvement in railway station infrastruture. please visit Pune railway station (for example) and the waiting hall which is one of famous international business destinations in India. It is no use if one earns crores but still his child living in a hut.
i dont understand why every one in media giving credit to lalu prasad for turnover .its quite natural that when economy is growing at 9% for last 5 years every sector get benefit .and for not increasing fare just go and buy a ticket and see wht actual figure ur paying the ticket which was earlier costing four year ago 400 rs is now costing over 500 just by making 100 of trains superfast without any real increase in speed he had made us to pay 30 rs more in sleeper and 40rs in ac classes.and whole media is saying that lalu has not increased fare for last 4 years .one more example jusy take a meal from railway pantry car and u will end up paying 45rs which was earlier costing 25 rs .tell me who will pay these all increase rate .one more example three years ago railways doesnt charge any single rupee in cancellation of waitlist ticket but now they charge 20 rs .and more thing railway is not a listed company so it doesnt follow any international accounting practices so u may find after two three yaers that all these profits were nothing but just manipulation of accounts.yes railways is doing gud but tell me which secotr doing bad in last 5 years in india.even agriculture is showing healthy growth.
RE:media is nothing but they are media monkeys
by chevvuri venkateswararao on Feb 25, 2008 04:44 PM Permalink
dear sir, There is nothing wrong in someone claiming the credit for goodthing afterall , it happened in their tenure and contribution still proclaimed nothing wrong!! but as a common public let us talk about the the cut in fares and cut in miscellaneous charges and when we talk of removing charges for ATMs irrespective of the bank , we have to pay more for bookin from a different station afterall, it is the man's gift of IT similarly the lalu should propose for a proportoinate refund for so called trains running so late and so super slow !! Is he prepared to compensate and in such case we pay for the so called super fast tarins running late hours together . compensate for the passengers and take money and it should not be one sided where the consumerism and law has gone in case of railways.
RE:media is nothing but they are media monkeys
by Subscribe Me on Feb 25, 2008 11:22 PM Permalink
Abhijit, you should explain facts and figures to people who understand them. Chara ghotale ka chara khane wale bhains ke aage been bajane se kya fayda ??
It is hightime the Media--Rediff Included--stopped glorifying this destroyer of Bihar. He does not deserve all this coverage.
He is accused of a collosal fraud and thanks to manmohan and Sonia is getting the undeserved importance.
As far as the Railways so called turnaround is concerned, it may be a hogwash and a fraud. Has an independent audit agency certified these figures? Can we believe Laloo's claim? we should never believe his figures. These figures must be taken with a ladle of salt.
People like Laloo should have no place in public life. We can do better without thelikes of him
Ofcourse I fully agree with that he is a fool & funny personality. I do not think he is that much capable minister in a vast country like India. He can not be given credit as the all work related to Budget is done by capable officials of Railway. It is better to talk more.
RE:Laloo the railway minister
by kundan kumar on Feb 25, 2008 03:37 PM Permalink
in fact it is hard for u people to accept the fact. i think those officials were there since last many years ..... do u mean to say prior ministers did not allow them to work ?
RE:Laloo the railway minister
by Rajesh Vyas on Feb 25, 2008 04:18 PM Permalink
Do not be mistaken, He is no fool but he is fooling all the people all the time.
RE:Laloo the railway minister
by kundan kumar on Feb 25, 2008 04:29 PM Permalink
u r accepting the fact that Lalu is a smart person as its not easy to fool all the people all the time !!!
RE:Laloo the railway minister
by Red Planet on Feb 25, 2008 06:53 PM Permalink
Yes Lalu is smart. He made the Bihar beggar. Forget about making any govt. machinary profitable in Bihar. I think people of Bihar will never forgive him. Just ask the people there; how Bihar was ruled under him. Many people thinks that he is criminal and should be jail.
i never knew there are hell lot of duffers in our country who criticise his work. Do u feel IIM and other premier univ across world are foolish enough to acknowlegde his acumen...... If things were so easy why it was not implemented since last 18 years ... As for development of bihar is concerned ,I am from bihar ,to survive there in politics business or simply to have an above average living u got to have some muscle power...... else u ill get luv letters.
However,I agree infrastructure ,administration and industry were not developed during his time ...but I believe these are superficial things because when bullets is inside ur body no matter how many antibiotics u take, it is not going to heal..... He has done operation by removing the curse of casteism from minds of people to a great extent.....and other things is bound to fall in place as every night comes to an end.
what is disappointing is that our own people are mocking at us . Rather that reflects our indian culture....
RE:Its is easy to criticise
by Red Planet on Feb 25, 2008 08:10 PM Permalink
Yes I agree with Mr. Kundan. Lalu is highly talented man and only a talented man like him can make a state a jungle and its people beggar. All other politician including in TN, AP,... are fool as they have prosper thier state. Because of people like you; Lalu will still rule Bihar. God save Bihar.
RE:Its is easy to criticise
by bandu bondu on Feb 25, 2008 03:25 PM Permalink
So an educated peoson like LALOO was CM of Bihar , tell me then why BIhar has 1st in evry negative asspect??
No.1 corrupted Policitican stay in Bihar. no1. Illerate rate in bihar? no1 poorest state is bihar in asia
RE:RE:Its is easy to criticise
by kundan kumar on Feb 25, 2008 03:45 PM Permalink
i hope u understand english....maa bahen ab mujhe tere se sikhna nahi padega..tere khandaan ke sare laundiyon aur aane wale aulaad ko bhej de ..i dont have any resevations against gents too... if u have r having some khujli in ur ass
RE:Its is easy to criticise
by prashant suryawanshi on Feb 25, 2008 05:30 PM Permalink
KK , now ur talking like Bihari... good this is ure ral charechter... faltu mein sofisticaion dikha raha tha... ab aa gaya asli rang pe...real bihari
RE:RE:Its is easy to criticise
by kundan kumar on Feb 25, 2008 06:03 PM Permalink
Dear prashant, We learn things from surroundings...its unfortunate few people are trying to be like bihaari...we have already done Ph.D. in these things and they have joined the class......
when u discuss something u should know limits...else ur limits will be defined.....
I never believe in Jai bihar ,Jai Maharashtra its a hogwash.... I still believe in one india when u have neighbouring country like china ....
Julius Ceasar, I think, said that Romans needed bread and circuses. So do our media and even Rediffmail. Advertisement is their bread and Shri Laluprasad Yadav is clowning for their circus. He has his positives, no doubt. He has converted Indian Railways into Bihar's privately owned corporation, filling not only the trains with Biharis leaving that state for every destination in India, but also filling the jobs in the Railways with his country cousins. He is a lucky man, too. With him as the captain the railways have made a profit. But is it because he holds the helm, or is it because the favorable economic climate that boosted industrial production and gave the railways goods in sufficient qualntities so that a surplus over the expenditure was left in the balance sheet. I am sure that the directors of IIMs are not unaware of such simple management truth, but it pays to bow to the ruling deity, and that deity happens to be Shri Lalu Prasad ji Yadav
