Lalu says Mamata has a complex

Out in the cold in the new dispensation, RJD Chief Lalu Prasad today sought to embarrass Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on the Rail Budget saying she had used his achievements in the Ministry to build her case.

Prasad, the former Railway Minister who was not preferred by the Congress leadership in the new government, also accused her of neglecting Bihar in the budget.

In a combative mood, Prasad said he was not bothered by the Minister's declaration of coming out with a white paper on the organisational, operational and financial situation and performance of Railways in the past five years when Prasad was at the helm.

"This is not an embarrassment (that a white paper is coming out). Let her bring out white paper. I am not bothered," he told reporters after Banerjee presented the Rail Budget in Lok Sabha.

"Is this a budget? She has just read out what I had announced during my stint... She suffers from a complex," he said.

Prasad claimed there was "nothing new" in the budget and that she had just read out what he had prepared during his stint. "She has used my achievements as a base to build her vision," he said.