Rail Budget 2014: Modi government's first litmus test

8 July 2014 10:03 AM IST

The Rail Budget is comprehensive and realistic, this Govt will complete ongoing projects on priority: Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: ANI Twitter)
Railway minister Sadanand Gowda leaves to attend BJP parliamentary party meet. This is Modi government's first Rail Budget. (Photo: ANI Twitter)
Copies of Rail Budget inside the Parliament which is to be presented today (Photo: ANI Twitter)
"You will get to know everything at 12 pm" says Manoj Sinha, Minister of State,Railways on Rail Budget (Photo: ANI Twitter)
Vinod Khanna, Paresh Rawal and Dr.Harshvardhan arrive for BJP's parliamentary party meet (Photo: ANI Twitter)
"I am not against idea of bullet trains,but it should not be at the cost of basic railway requirements" says Jay Panda, BJD
"Expect safety for women and cleanliness.Women appealed to me and I asked him for the same." says Datty Sadananda, Rail Minister's wife (Photo: ANI Twitter)
Rail minister Sadananda Gowda and MoS Manoj Sinha leave for parliament to present the Rail Budget (Photo: AP)
Railway Minister Sadanand Gowda presenting the Rail Budget in the Lok Sabha (Photo: TV grab)
"This Rail Budget is a balanced budget & will deal with problems in a holistic way" says Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Sadananda Gowda just hurriedly read what was written out for him: Lalu Prasad's statement on Rail Budget (Photo: ANI Twitter)

The Rail Budget is comprehensive and realistic, this Govt will complete ongoing projects on priority: Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: ANI Twitter)