8216;UPA train has met with a serious accident8217;

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj described the exercise as 8220;totally discriminatory against the BJP ruled states especially Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh8221;.

CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta was more caustic as he wondered whether the exercise was carried out by Finance Minister P Chidambaram or Prasad.

Dasgupta said it was a budget for affluent middle class and there was no benefit given for travellers in local trains and monthly ticket holders. 8220;We are totally opposing the budget8221;, he said.

8220;It is a parochial budget. The new trains are going between Patna and Chennai8221;, his party colleague Sudhakar Reddy said adding that it was an 8220;imbalanced8221; budget.

Reddy as also Dasgupta alleged that the fifth consecutive Railway Budget presented by Prasad addressed more to the affluent class than the common man.

Mohan Singh as also BJD8217;s Brajkishore Mohanty and Swaraj said the budget neglected several states including Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Gujarat.

8220;The walkout of members from all sides from the Lok Sabha has exposed the hollowness of Lalu Prasad8217;s Railway Budget8221;, BJP Deputy leader V K Malhotra said dubbing it as a 8220;disappointing8221; budget.