The Interim Railway Budget for the next fiscal was passed by the Lok
Sabha on Monday Feb 17,2014 with practically no discussion as members from Andhra
Pradesh and West Bengal picketed the Well of the House with their
respective demands.
Only three members including Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj and
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav managed to get in a word as
Speaker Meira Kumar decided to cut short the debate in view of the
chorus of protest in the Well by Congress members from Andhra Pradesh
and Trinamool Congress members from West Bengal.
Though some of those in the Well including three ministers from Andhra
Pradesh had been there from the time the House was convened for the day
for the presentation of the Interim Budget, their decibel level rose
when the Railway Budget was taken up for discussion.
One of them even stood inside the Secretary General’s enclosure as the
Railway Budget was passed with Minister of State for Railways Kotla Jaya
Surya Prakash Reddy stood in the Well with other members from Andhra
Pradesh protesting against the move to bifurcate the State.
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