A quick rewind to 2012.
Narendra Modi who was then the chief minister of Gujarat had tweeted: @narendramodi  7 Mar 2012 Just before Rail Budget UPA has suddenly increased railway freight rates bypassing Parliament. Wrote to PM against this.

Modi has in a letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today expressed his strong indignation at the Centres sudden decision to hike the Railways freight fare by a whopping 20 per cent through backdoor, just a week before the Railway Budget, diminishing the supremacy of the Parliament

On his website, "Modi demanded the immediate withdrawal of the unnerving hike, as it would cause an unprecedented burden on the common man and indirectly on the nations economy." Read more

It's so much easier to be in the opposition, isn't it.