Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Unload the freight

Mamata Banerjee is, perhaps, the second most entertaining politician in Indian history (after Laloo Prasad)
A treat to watch her presenting the railway budget'10
I give a thumbs up to the budget.

Her antics made the Lok Sabha come alive today (in a different way) The highly enjoying Sonia Gandhi and a visibly amused L K Advani drove home the point.

Golden moments:

1. Reads out the list of 130 new trains in one breath, interjected by comical apologies for mis-pron(o)uncing the names of most of them.

2. Her constant jibes at detractors in a very evil way (she even at one point of time replied to somebody in Bengali)

3. While announcing the Ankura-Agartala rail link, somebody quips up and our didi says with a mock smile "You theenk thees eez olso phor Bengol. eet eez awar nebaaring kaantry" Amazing!

4. Classic: While facing stiff opposition and ruckus mamata says: "Okay shaaut! Aai veel kaat awl"(referring to the 'cut' of the new services announced.

5. The way she flopped back into the chair after an almost 2 hour long marathon speech. Hilarious!

Truly Didi tera viewers deewana (only during the budget speech, that is!)

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