Bric-a-brac: Goyal is in a hurry

PIYUSH Vedprakash Goyal currently holds two important portfolios–Railways and Commerce–in the Government of India. He is an old RSS hand. His father Ved Prakash Goyal was also the treasurer of the BJP and has served as the Minister in Vajpayee government. He used to be in the loyalists group of the late Arun Jaitley but after the latter’s demise, Goyal has completely aligned himself with Amit Shah. He is also considered to be close to the most powerful industrialist of Mumbai. Goyal does not like the naysayers in the ministry. He is a man in a hurry. He wants to implement the privatisation agenda in the Railways with rocket-like speed but it is not possible without major changes in the administrative system of Railways...

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