Agree with you completely. When railway hikes fares there in country wide criticism. But if any govt dares to touches regional MRTS fares for MST/QST there would be chaos and massive strikes. All cities have very unruly and powerful local parties (no prizes for guessing it) who would simply resort to track blocking. Imagine Mumbai local stopped for a day. But even Railways is smart. Since they dont make much money they dont even bother much for crowds in these locals.