With his party facing a tough Lok Sabha election and the railways under huge financial stress, minister Mallikarjun Kharge will try to do a balancing act in meeting populist demands such as cut in passenger fares and announcement of new trains while restoring the financial health of the state-run transporter in his interim rail budget on Wednesday.With his party facing a tough Lok Sabha election and the railways under huge financial stress, minister Mallikarjun Kharge will try to do a balancing act in meeting populist demands such as cut in passenger fares and announcement of new trains while restoring the financial health of the state-run transporter in his interim rail budget on Wednesday.