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"Let the white paper come before the House. My figures are correct. Some people think money has been kept in almirahs. It's a matter of record. The minister himself does not make statistics. There should not be any confusion about it," the RJD chief told reporters outside Parliament.
Lalu repeated his demand for bringing out the white paper on working of Railways under his tenure within seven days.
"Will anybody be able to make statistics of earning through jugglery. It is completely wrong. . . That's why I said bring a white paper within seven days and see all the records. What is there to fear if one is true," he added.
"Let the white paper come before the House. My figures are correct. she (Banerjee) will give her figures. It will be clear what is in her mind. If there is some confusion, it should be cleared," Prasad added.
"It is being said that Lalu will get a seat in the back rows. What differences does it make? Lalu is not going to be lost with this," he added.
"From Prasad's claim of the Railways achieving a cash surplus of Rs 90,000 crore to (Railway Minister) Mamata's disclosure of cash surplus of around Rs 8,000 crore in hand after she took over charge at Rail Bhavan, the jugglery of figures in the budget with respect to the profits is amply evident," Kumar said.
Kumar said that he had always wondered how a man who"ruined" Bihar for 15 years was "doing exceedingly well" on becoming the railway minister and receiving appreciation from even the prime minister.
Alleging that Prasad had "hoodwinked and misled" the nation and the people, Kumar, a former railway minister, said it was "the biggest-ever offence" committed by any public servant in office since Independence.
"Prasad owed an explanation to the nation and people," Kumar said, adding the RJD supremo should apologise to the nation.
"A person who earned laurels and sobriquets of being a management guru and was invited by several management institutions in India and abroad for lectures for hollow claims of the turnaround by the Railways stands exposed now," Kumar claimed.