It is usual fashion that many organisations/Associations meeting Railway ministers/MP etc during this time and submitting demands/suggestions/requests. When they meet the above said persons, they will give assures to most of their demands and convey them that the matter would be taken to so and so person and will see that it is included in the budget. By this act both former and later both will have some publicity and coverage through media. Un/Fortunately, most of the demands will lie in paper only. So don't get confused wait till Feb 26, 2013. So all that comes in press is not 100% true. But there are some exemptions like different Kerala organizations in Pune , 2 years back they grouped together under one banner and lobbied for a train from Pune to Kerala by all sources and they were successful in that. Mamatha in her second budget announced Bi-Weekly Superfast train...
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