It seems deliberations on the proposed land acquisition bill by the cabinet last month have left Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee so angry that she has not attended a single cabinet meeting since then.
Officials say she had more pressing matters to attend to in her home state of West Bengal. Some railway officials pass off her absence by saying there were no proposals concerning her ministry. But her party colleagues maintain she did not take too kindly to the comments made by some ministers, who have failed to understand how steadfast she is in ensuring that farmers are not forcibly displaced from their land.
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