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A man walks inside a passenger train at a railway station in Gauhati, India, Thursday, March 15, 2012. Indian Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced the first railway fare hike in eight years Wednesday, only to be shot down moments later by Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee, a populist politician who said she would not allow any fare hike in the 600 billion rupee ($12 billion) rail budget.

A man walks inside a passenger train at a railway station in Gauhati, India, Thursday, March 15, 2012. Indian Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced the first railway fare hike in eight years Wednesday, only to be shot down moments later by Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee, a populist politician who said she would not allow any fare hike in the 600 billion rupee ($12 billion) rail budget.