Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, a popular TV face of the BJP, justified the Narendra Modi government's move to raise the rail fare by a whopping 14.2 per cent saying it was a result of the policies undertaken by the previous UPA government.
While Prasad blamed the UPA II government for leaving Indian Railways in shambles, he said his government never knew that the Railways was bleeding, thanks to the Congress-led regime.
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Accepting that the 14.2 per cent hike may be a bit harsh on the general populace, the Law Minister said, these 'hard steps' would cause uneasiness in the beginning but would ultimately benefit the people.
"Railways is suffering a heavy loss daily. To give better services, there is a need of resources," said Prasad.
"There will be a little unease to the people but ultimately this is for the benefit of the people," he added.
He asserted that it was too early to judge the new government and the "liability of 10 years of malfunction was being put on the NDA government."
Prasad said that there was a need to provide better services, which required resources, and hence the fare hike.
Speaking further on the 'Hindi row', the BJP leader rebuffed the entire controversy as uncalled for. He said that the circular from Home Ministry which has caught everyone's attention has been there since many years.
The rape allegations against Minister of State, Chemicals & Fertilizers, Nihal Chand is one of the early issues to have stung the Modi government. The BJP president Rajnath Singh had on Friday asked all party spokespersons to stand by the Rajasthan Minister. Prasad, too followed the party chief's directives well as he defended the MoS saying he had not been mentioned in 2 FIRs filed in the said case.
He indeed, added that Nihal Chand was a good party worker.
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