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Prabhu offers to quit
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu offered to resign on Wednesday following back-to-back train derailments in the past four days. Suresh Prabhu posted on Twitter saying he takes full moral responsibility for the derailments and he has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu offered to resign on Wednesday following back-to-back train derailments in the past four days. Suresh Prabhu posted on Twitter saying he takes full moral responsibility for the derailments and he has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.
Sources in the government said Prabhu's resignation may be accepted ahead of the reshuffle of the Union Cabinet that the government is planning to announce shortly.
Suresh Prabhu in a series of tweets said he met the Prime Minister, but was asked to wait before putting in papers. "I met the Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking full moral responsibility. Hon'ble PM has asked me to wait.
I am extremely pained by the unfortunate accidents, injuries to passengers and loss of precious lives. It has caused me deep anguish," Suresh Prabhu said in the tweets.
The development came hours after Railway Board chairman Ashok Mittal submitted his resignation to Suresh Prabhu on a day when Indian Railways witnessed yet another accident in Uttar Pradesh. Nine bogies of Kaifiyat Express derailed in Auraiya district early on Wednesday injuring 100 people.
Last week, 22 people were killed and dozens injured when Haridwar-bound Kalinga-Utkal Express jumped off tracks in Khatauli in Muzaffaragar district.
Top railway officials were suspended after this accident which according to initial probe occurred due to negligence of concerned officials.
