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Mamata Banerjee lauds Rahul Gandhi's train ride |
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has lauded Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's train ride as part of his party's austerity drive. Mamata Banerjee, who inaugurated the newly spruced up terminal of New Delhi railway station in the capital along with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday, lauded
the austerity act. Gandhi travelled in an air-conditioned chair car of the Swarn
Shatabdi Express on Tuesday, a day after his mother Sonia Gandhi travelled in
an economy class flight from New Delhi to Mumbai. Rahul travelled from New Delhi
to Ludhiana to inaugurate a four-day camp of young Congressmen. Finance Minister
Pranab Mukherjee has asked the Congress leaders to observe austerity to cut down
expenditure in the wake of draught declared in parts of the country. Earlier,
the Congress Party had decided that its ministers and lawmakers would also take
a 20 per cent cut in salaries. The Congress Party has also urged the government
to keep prices of essential commodities in check with special emphasis on oil
seeds and pulses. |
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