In an apparent criticism of the Left Front govt’s policy of acquisition of farmland for industries, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she would ensure a revolution in railway activity but without using “guns and bulldozers”.

“While setting up railway projects, it will be ensured that guns and bulldozers are not used,” she said at a function to launch six new trains including the Howrah-Puri Duronto Express in Kolkata on Monday.

Indirectly attacking CPI(M), the Trinamool Congress chief claimed that “one political party” was campaigning for disruption of the railway network in West Bengal.

“One political party has been spreading canards against me and campaigning for disruption of the railway network in West Bengal. See the positive angle. Try to dream of development and not terror,” Banerjee said.

Obviously referring to the CPI(M) which had provided outside support to the first UPA government, she said, “I am not naming any party. But they were with the government. Now they are levelling all sorts of allegations about the performance of the railways.”

Criticising political movements to stall trains, she said it was to be kept in mind that West Bengal did not get a single train in the first UPA government when “one party provided crucial support. My question is why did they not do anything in the five years tenure in the UPA government?”

“Train operations are not a matter of joke. Daily more than crore people travel by trains. Considering the importance of Indian Railways, there should be no hue and cry over petty things,” Banerjee said.