Budget disappointing: BJP, Left

The Railway Budget came in for scathing attack from the opposition as also several allies of the ruling UPA with the BJP dubbing it as a "disappointing" exercise while the Left and the Samajwadi Party expressing anger over certain provisions.

The Left was angry over the East-West Freight Corridor going from Ludhiana to Sonnagar in Bihar as against Delhi [ Images ] to Kolkata [ Images ] announced by the Prime Minister earlier.

The Samajwadi Party, another key outside supporter of the UPA government, like the Left attacked Railway Minister Lalu Prasad for not providing even a single passenger train for Uttar Pradesh [ Images ] despite Sonia Gandhi's [ Images ] consistency being there.