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(Pics) Railway budget, a "bitter pill" that did not go down too well with many

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Union Railways Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda

Union Railways Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda

Union Railways Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda at Rail Bhavan before leaving for Parliament to present the Rail Budget 2014-15 in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Union Railways Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda

Union Railways Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda

Union Railways Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda at Rail Bhavan before leaving for Parliament to present the Rail Budget 2014-15 in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Union Railways Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda

Union Railways Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda

Union Railways Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda with Minister of State Manoj Sinha arrives at Parliament to present the Rail Budget 2014-15 in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Hundreds of passengers arrive by a local train

Hundreds of passengers arrive by a local train

Hundreds of passengers arrive by a local train at a railway station in Kolkata on Tuesday, while Union Railways Minister D V Sadananda Gowda presents the Rail Budget 2014-15 at the parliament.

The bundles of copies of Rail Budget- 2014-15

The bundles of copies of Rail Budget- 2014-15

The bundles of copies of Rail Budget- 2014-15 being carried for their distribution among the Members in the Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Coolies in Moradabad Railway Station listening to Railway Budget speech

Coolies in Moradabad Railway Station listening to Railway Budget speech

Coolies in Moradabad Railway Station listening to Railway Budget speech over a radio on Tuesday.

Commuters walk at platform and tracks at a railway station

Commuters walk at platform and tracks at a railway station

Commuters walk at platform and tracks at a railway station in Kolkata on Tuesday, while Union Railways Minister D V Sadananda Gowda presents the Rail Budget 2014-15 in Parliament.

A local train arrives at a platform of Sealdah Station

A local train arrives at a platform of Sealdah Station

A local train arrives at a platform of Sealdah Station in Kolkata on Tuesday.

New Delhi, July 8: The public is yet to come to terms with the budget, but the political circuit, especially the Congress leaders are fast to react as always. The railway hike could be restricted to 14.2%, not anymore, but factors like FDI and PPP did not make way into the hearts of other political parties.

Some like Congress's Pawan Bansal, a former railway minister, have taken it personally..indeed. He did not appreciate the Railway Minister pointing fingers at the previous governments. Mamata Banerjee, on the other hand has raised issue with the FDI system.

Here are some twitter reactions:

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