Press Statement of Shri Ananth Kumar, MP, Lok Sabha, and General Secretary, BJP, regarding the Union Budget presented on 26.02.2010

“You Can’t Eat GDP” – said the great economist Simon Kuznets, who is supposed to be the Godfather of GDP. But the great Economists in the UPA – Dr.Manmohan Singh, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia do not seem to realize that.

Statement of Shri Ananth Kumar, MP, Lok Sabha & General Secretary, BJP regarding the Rail Budget Speech of Kum. Mamata Bannerjee on 24.02.2010

The Rail Minister while presenting the Rail Budget today made a mockery of sanctity of the Budget Process in the Lok Sabha, by both her style of presentation and content of her oral speech. The actual speech made deviated from the written text of the speech and she continued to make political statements throughout the speech. It was an insult to the dignity and sensibility of the August House.

Bangalore South Member of Parliament and Former Union Minister Ananth Kumar demanded Suburban Railway for Bangalore.  Bangalore’s population had almost reached one crore and that the circular railway system was absolutely essential to complement the bus and metro railway services.

An adequate railway network across the city and nodes at Kengeri, Krishnarajapuram, Yelahanka and Yeshwanthpur had already been developed. Lines had been electrified and at some stretches, they needed to be doubled.

The State Government had earlier commissioned a survey through RITES for the circular railway, and on its basis, the South Western Railway could plan the operation of passenger trains with stops at every two km Ananth Kumar suggested.

Experts say the proposed suburban railway service in the city will reduce road congestion by 40 per cent.