Rail Budget 2012: I would present the same railway budget again, says Dinesh Trivedi

NEW DELHI: A day after proposing fare hike in the rail budget which has threatened his job, a defiant railway minister Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday said he would repeat the same if asked to present the budget again.

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Trivedi also said neither has he been contacted by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee nor he has spoken to her yet.

"I would do the same if I am asked to present the budget again," Trivedi told reporters here.

Trivedi has in his budget proposed upto 20 per cent passenger fare hike in the rail budget for 2012-13, inviting the wrath of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee who has written Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to sack him. When it was pointed out that the fare hike proposals were contrary to his party's policy, he said "I have done it for the Railways and the country...not for party. If I have to please my party, then I am not doing my work."

On the possibility of fare hike rollback, Dinesh Trivedi said "the budget is in Parliament and I will be guided by Parliament. Parliament will be guided by the wisodom of people."