New Delhi, Feb 25: The Indians are very hopeful that Rail Budget that will be presented by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on February 26 will bring sops for them.

Indian Railways runs over 14,000 trains a day, and cutting fares would help tackle price pressures and woo voters ahead of general elections next year.

“We should get passes for our children, medical. There is no provision of water, no place to stay, so we are hopeful that the budget will take care of us,” said Harnam Singh, a porter at New Delhi railway station.

Bangalore, Feb 24: Scores of activists of Kannada Gadi Rakshana Vedike (Kannada Border Protection Forum) led by former Karnataka MLA Vatal Nagaraj on Sunday protested against an alleged remark made by Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav over Kannada people.

Condemning Lalu’s alleged remark that Kannada people were “dirty”, Nagaraj demanded greater share for the state in the forthcoming railway budget.

Bangalore, Feb 15: A pro Kannada organisation demanding jobs for locals in the South Western Railways from Union Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, on Thursday, ransacked reservation centres at the Cantonment and Yeshwantpur Railway Stations in the city, besides other places.

They also damaged property at the Kendriya Sadan in the Koramangala area of the city.

Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh), Feb. 8 : Railway Minister Lalu Yadav today said that this year's rail budget would be 'people friendly'.

"I will be presenting the rail budget on February 26 keeping the common man in mind," Yadav said after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had laid the foundation stone of the Dahod-Indore and Chhota Udaipur-Dhar railway lines here.