BHUBANESWAR: Like previous years,
the Central Government betrayed the State again in the Railway Budget 2013-14 presented
by Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the Parliament in which the Centre
has provided with a chocolate to hungry Odisha, said the State council of Communist
Party of India (CPI) here on Tuesday.
CPI
State secretary Dibakar Nayak said
the Centre has not showed any attention towards the uncompleted projects like
Khurda-Balangir rail line in the State. Even railway line for the seven
districts demanded by the people of the districts and political parties is a
dream now, he added.
Biju Krushak Janata Dal president
Golak Behari Nayak said the State has been totally neglected in the railway
budget. The Centre has ignored the State’s demand by announcing meager
allocation for ongoing projects. “No new Rail lines were announced for the
State. The Centre again behaved step-motherly attitude with the State,” said
Nayak.
The railway budget is not only
anti-people but also hopeless for the State, said Samajwadi Party Odisha State
Committee president Rabi Behera. The State had demanded Rs 3050 crore, but the
Centre allotted only Rs 869 crore which is a matter of disappointment, he
added. “We call upon the people of the State to give a fitting reply to the Congress
led UPA-II Government on the coming days,” said Behera.
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