The regional Railway Budget!!

India's political system has long been mired in ugly regionalism.The regional politics has gone to such a height that it tends to belittle the national interests.Will our politicians ever be true to the whole of the nation as a whole? Will they ever atleast try to keep their promises for which they are mandated by common people to hold the incumbent offices-they are enjoying currently? Let's take the case of our current govt , UPA ( part 2 edition). From the time of campaign before Lok Sabha election and till date, their main agenda has been the 'inclusive growth', but till date what we have seen is just a lukewarm response.Yesterday's railway budget presented by Miss Mamata Banerjee is just another chagrin of their own loudly claimed agenda. The budget though claims to be catered to all sections, all regions of the country, yet I think the successive governments fail to identify the importance of including North East region in their 'inclusive' definition.The result, with every reform Miss Banerjee has mentioned, Howrah, Sealdah, Kolkata have been pronounced several times. Why North East region has always been neglected like this? Why are they bereft of something which is their fundamental rights as a citizen of India? In my previous posts also, I have always been claiming the negligence of central government towards North East region. Growth in infrastructure and connectivity are the only ways through which we can placate the 'deep feeling of negligence' among insurgents in the North East region.It has become an exigent issue. If we are going to procastinate the development issues in North East, we are going to create problems to our country itself. The rail budget should have got the importance of connecting few states in North East, rather than connecting unnnecessary stations like Singur with Nandigram and quixotic plan of converting stations like Sealdah to world class standard.

'I have catered to every state, to every part of the country and in that I have done it for bengal too.There is no reason why I should ignore Bengal' – Mamata Banerjee

The above populist statements made by Banerjee are just attempts to shed her image as anti-industry and to ensure easy win for the next lok sabha election. Can Miss Banerjee justify the bold parts above in the statement? Does she not consider the North East region as a part of India? Madam, we are not telling you to ignore Bengal state. If you and your government really consider 'inclusive growth' as the base for India's growth, where is the mention of any state of North-East region in your rail budget? Do your much acclaimed slogan 'ma,mati,manush' not consider North-East region? You don't have any answer for these questions for sure.Mr.Manmohan Singh ji ,instead of complimenting Banerjee for her Bengal- pro rail budget, you should have acted more responsibly, as you are holding the responsibility of running the whole nation and please don't forget,the North-East is also a part of India.