Lalu Prasad Yadav

So last night, I must be really bored, angry and frustrated while reading this book "Why men marry bitches" and all that made me turn to the TV for some soul upliftment. After a lot of channel surfing I settled for NDTV 24x7 showing "Is the railway miracle for real". And on the hot seat was obviously offcourse our Railway Minister- Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav.

People may call him chor, corrupt, etc and yeah he sure does look dumb and that becomes more evident once he starts talking. But my personal opinion- He's a genius. Especially if u see the progress made by the Indian Railways and the whopping IRS 90,000 Crores in profit. And the vision and the ideas that he has is mind blowing.

What he did was, increased the employees in the safety dep.-which resulted in lesser accidents and also increased the job opportunities. Then he increased the number of seats in one compartment from 6 to 8 so the same train carries more passengers now. He opened new outlets from where the rail reservation could be got hence reducing black marketing of the tickets. He changed the menu on the train n made it more Indian (daal n chaawal) as according to him-its more healthy n good while travelling which does make sense especially if one plate in only worth Rs.30. He increased the number of "safai karamchaari" (cleaners) which was really nesseccary (my personal experience of spotting dog sized rats all over the Delhi Railway Station.). And the best thing he did was shortening of the freight routes which eventually helped in the growth of the Indian economy.

And what Lalu ji plans to do is really amazing. He wishes to solve the 2 main problems of India Energy & Water Scarcity through the widespread network of the Indian Railways. His vision is to collect all the waste produced by the railways and the entire India and use it to produce Gobar gas (green and clean) and distribute it all over India . Secondly, He wants to unite all the rivers of India through canals on either sides of the railway tracks. And he also visited Japan to see their bullet trains and is working on a deal to get the same for India.

On being asked if he wants to become the PM of India some day and all this good work is eventually to get their. He said "hona hoga toh chappar phaad ke hoga"-If it has to happen it will.

He will get my vote- no doubt!! :D