'I will have no hesitation in voting for the No-Confidence Motion moved by [CPI(M)], and for that reason even if I am required to go to the Party Headquarters of CPI(M) for discussion, I will do so'
'This is what the Ex-Union Finance Minister said on 7th December, 2011 in Lok Sabha regarding the decision to permit FDI in retail. Now tell us who has deviated from this statement of the central government ?'
'We cannot support anything that is against the interest of the poor and common people... We are not party to it. We are not supporting these anti-people decisions. We are very much serious about these developments'
Despite a worsening operating ratio, the good railway minister may as well have been releasing her poll manifesto for the coming West Bengal elections, with undisguised populism ruling the roost
