Mukul Roy will take charge as a new Railway Minister

NEW DELHI: Mukul Roy will take over as the new Railway Minister thus ending a five day drama. The story started with Mamata opposing to the hike in railway fares in the Rail budget 2012 presented on last Friday.

Drivedi the the former Railway minister on saturday insisted that he will not resign until he was told to that by party chief.He than ring to Mamta for confirmation.

“She did tell me that it was the party’s decision that I must step down and since the party,

Trinamool Congress, was instrumental in making me the railway minister and Mamta Banerjee’s instructions were very clear that it is the party which has decided and like a soldier I must obey the party’s discipline. That is the way I have been trained.”

Trivedi’s decision is understood to have come after a word from the PMO to him to quit.

“He (Trivedi) called me and he told me that he will abide by the party decision and send his resignation,” Mamata said.

(Sources: TOI)