New Delhi:
The Railways budget this year was rife with a lot of drama, with the ensuing showdown between Mamata Banerjee and the government.
Here are some of the political voices which punctuate the entire episode.
1. "This is a theatre of the absurd," said senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, about the new flashpoint between the Congress and Ms Banerjee.
2. Appearing on NDTV, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar from the Trinamool Congress described the current dispute as "a fight within a family."
3. "It is the prerogative of a political party to take a decision on the fate of its ministers in a government," Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
4. Arunava Ghosh, Congress leader from West Bengal on The Buck Stops Here: "In her party, you won't find any person, at least an educated person, with a backbone. They have deposited the backbone in the home of Mamata Banerjee."
5. Surya Kant Mishra, West Bengal Opposition leader: "While the railway minister said he was trying to get the railways out if the ICU, our chief minister, using remote control, is trying to send it back to ICU."