Only because out of desperation he followed ideas from his advising Railway officers; no Minister except Nitish did this earlier, they only bulldozed their whims and fancies through! And, by the way, all initial gimmicks of Lalu in Railways failed: kulhar, vegetables train from Bihar,etc. No doubt he has articulated all suggestions of his technical advisors as his personal ideas as most seniors in any field do. After all it is a matter of his political survival after messing up BIHAR with misrule which he is also very capable of.
