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Rail budget: Prabhu quotes Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Buddha

<p>Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu recalled former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and quoted Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Gautam Buddha too during his&nbsp;railway budget speech&nbsp;</p>

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New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, who on Thursday presented his second consecutive railway budget, began his speech at rapid speed - like a speeding train - and kept the pace till the end, with many people struggling to keep track of the points he was making.

Prabhu's speech began in pin drop silence in the Lok Sabha but ended on a noisy note after opposition benches lost their patience in the absence of anything concrete for their constituents.

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