Surely, Union Railways Minister, Suresh Prabhu is a cut from the rest! So sincere and committed a worker is Suresh Prabhu that it is no wonder that two Prime Ministers have placed their trust in him.
When Vajpayee was the Prime Minister, he made Suresh Prabhu, the ‘Power Minister’ and also the Chairman of the task force on ‘interlinking of rivers’.
Suresh Prabhu did such an excellent job that his party, Shiv Sena immediately became jealous and asked for Prabhu to be removed from the Union Cabinet.
Vajpayee was highly reluctant to let Prabhu go but had to bow down to the diktats of coalition politics! When Modi formed his cabinet, Suresh Prabhu was his choice for Railways.
But the Shiv Sena at the last minute decided to sever ties with the BJP and asked Suresh Prabhu to not be a part of the cabinet. But Modi was having none of it!
An hour before his swearing-in ceremony, Suresh Prabhu was made a part of the BJP and given his portfolio.
Suresh Prabhu is one of those who works late into the night and works even on holidays and weekends.
In fact, he returned recently from a trip to Australia and drove straight to his office from the airport at 6 PM where he gave instructions to his staff on various ideas gleaned from his Australian trip.
