Trinamool Congress ruled out any action against Trivedi, who resigned as Railway Minister, saying that he has been asked to attend the parliamentary party meeting
Trinamool Congress on Monday ruled out any action against Dinesh Trivedi, who resigned as Railway Minister, saying that he has been asked to attend the parliamentary party meeting which party chief Mamata Banerjee is expected to attend.
"No. He has been asked to attend the Parliamentary Party meeting," Trinamool leader Sudip Bandhopadhyay told reporters here. He was asked whether Trinamool will take any action against Trivedi.
He said the Prime Minister's Office had called Trivedi yesterday and asked him to tender his resignation.
Asked when would Banerjee's nominee Mukul Roy take over as Railway Minister, he said the decision will be taken at the Parliamentary Party meeting.
61-year-old Trivedi resigned last night as Railway Minister ending his defiance and bringing to a close five-day drama after he incurred the wrath of Trinamool Congress for hiking passenger fares in the Railway Budget.
On the question of Trinamool pressing on amendments on the NCTC issue in the President's address, Bandhopahdhyay said the Prime Minister in his reply to the motion is likely to make an announcement that no further action on the proposed organisation will take place before April 16 when meeting of Chief Ministers will be held in Delhi.
Asked whether his party will rock the UPA government, he said he has already made it clear that Trinamool Congress would like to see the government complete its full five year term.
Raising the Trivedi issue, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said the nation was staring at a grave Constitutional crisis and Parliament is completely unaware of it.
"What is happening to the Railway Minister? Has he resigned? Has the Prime Minister sent his resignation to the President," Sinha asked.
Trivedi, who had to resign as Railway Minister after incurring the wrath of his party Trinamool Congress for raising passenger rail fares, was sitting in the fourth row as the leaders spoke.
Sinha demanded that the Prime Minister come to the Lok Sabha immediately and inform it of the situation.
"We come to know from newspapers. Parliament is not in the know," he said.
Acharia said that in his 33 years of Parliamentary career he had never seen a minister being forced to resign in the middle of a session.
Dasgupta said Trivedi's resignation was not an issue as he had quit "gracefully" as per his party's wish.
"But, a backstage drama is going on when Parliament is in session...Is this the way in which a multi-party government functions? ... It only speaks of the weakness of the government," he said.
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