My figuers are correct, insists Lalu

NEW DELHI: With his claims of railway turnaround coming under scanner, former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Friday rejected the charge of juggling figures, insisting that he had nothing to fear despite the white paper promised by her successor Mamata Banerjee.

"Let the white paper come before the House. My figures are correct.... Some people think money has been kept in almirahs. It's a matter of record. The minister himself does not make statistics. There should not be any confusion about it," the RJD chief told reporters outside Parliament.

Prasad repeated his demand for bringing out the white paper on working of Railways under his tenure within seven days.

"Will anybody will be able make statistics of earning through jugglery. It is completely wrong... That's why I said bring white paper within seven days and see all records. What is there to fear if one is true," he added.

Prasad accused Banerjee of failing to give dividend to railway employees during her previous stint as Railway Minister.

On the surplus funds with the Railways which Prasad had put at Rs 90,000 crore, Banerjee had yesterday said that a corpus of Rs 8,361 crore remained after expenditure of Rs 13,600 crore on account of Pay Commission award last year and Rs 2,600 crore this year.

It was seen as undermining Prasad's claims. The RJD leader sought to clear the issue of surplus funds saying he had mentioned it keeping the expenditure amount out of it.