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PM regrets Trivedi's departure as railway minister
Monday March 19, 2012 05:33:44 PM,
V.S.
Karnic, IANS
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New Delhi: Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he regretted the departure of
Dinesh Trivedi as railway minister and signalled that the new
incumbent will have the duty of carrying forward the task of
modernising the railways.
He said he had received Trivedi's resignation and proposed to send
it to President Pratibha Patil with the recommendation that it be
accepted.
Replying to the debate on motion of thanks to the president's
address in the Lok Sabha, the prime minister said Trivedi had
presented a budget that had "promised to carry out the Vision 2020
outlined by his predecessor (Mamata Banerjee)."
Banerjee, who is now West Bengal chief minister and heads
Trinamool Congress, had outlined the Vision 2020 for railways as a
union minister.
The prime minister's defence of Trivedi's rail budget came in the
backdrop of Banerjee's firm opposition to hike in passenger fares
and her demand that the minister be removed for going against her
party's line.
"I received late last night an email message followed by a formal
letter from Dinesh Trivedi tendering his resignation as railway
minister," the prime minister said and added that he would forward
the letter to the president.
"I regret the departure of Shri Trivedi," he said.
"A new railway minister will be sworn in shortly. He will have the
onerous duty of carrying forward the challenging task of
modernising our railway system," Manmohan Singh said.
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