Under the NDA government, the Railways has spent double the amount in capital expenditure compared to the UPA rule, Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
Intervening in the debate on Demands for Grants for the Railway Ministry, he also pitched for parliamentarians to play a lead role in maintaining cleanliness in trains and stations.
He said capital expenditure during the NDA rule doubled as compared to the UPA dispensation.
Terming trains "mini-India", the minister said just like in the Lok Sabha members from different ideologies and parties sit together, people from different walks of life and states share train bogies.
Angadi said after the NDA came to power, separate railway budget was done away with and the functioning of the organisation was made "apolitical".
"Railways connects the entire country the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi has connected India to the world through yoga," he said.
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