To Editor,The Bengal Post

The queer logic presented by your correspondent Niranjan Hazra in his write-up (March16) Trivedi has violated the collective will of the people has surprised me a lot.What he's said boils down to the moot point that by hiking train fare in railway budget he's betrayed his party and the people who support it.The party is always dead against such hike particularly in the interest of poor people.As he's won election on TMC's ticket and not as an independent candidate he should have toed his party's line of not affecting people's interest by any means in his budgetary proposals.What Mr.Hazra has missed is Dinesh Trivedi is not a minister of a particular party, he's a cabinet minster of UPA -II govt.So his budget proposals should reflect the policy and principles of UPA-II govt and not of TMC or of any other party in particular.Although in a coalition govt different partners might have different policies but the govt is run on common minimum program.In fact, Dinesh Trivedi has taken a bold decision of hiking train fares after so many years to augment the financial health of railways.People too don't grudge to cough up the extra fare considering the morbid condition of Indian rail ways which now fail to ensure minimum safety to the passengers.Thanks to Mr.Trivedi he has not followed the populist policy far divorced from ground realities adopted by his predecessor.Trivedi has, in fact, respected the collective will of the people who want railways to assure them safe, secure and hassle free journey.