Resignation of Dinesh Trivedi:
It started with a fanfare but ended in a fiasco.Yes, Rail budget drama started with a high pitch but ended in a a tame note. Dinesh Trivedi could not stick to his stand that unless Mamata Banerjee herself or Prime minister asked him to resign he would not step down.On the contrary he himself contacted Mamata Banerjee simply to be asked to quit railway ministry with immediate effect and he did it as a 'disciplined soldier'.He heaped praise on TMC supremo and did swear unwavering faith in party leadership.In fact, he could have resigned immediately after his party chair person made it known to the Prime minister that she didn't want him to continue as Rail minister any more.It's not clear why he took unnecessarily so much time to call it quits.May be,he expected Congress leadership would stand by him as Prime minister and Finance minister lauded his budget.Pranab Mukherjee in particular supported fare-hike by thumping table.But in reality none in the govt dared extend active support to him and rather projected it as a personal matter between Mamata Banerjee and Dinesh Trivedi. Mamata Banerjee had the last laugh.
Now it's up to Mamata Banerjee(defacto Railway minister) to dictate to what extent roll-back in fare hike would be made or there would be no fare-hike at all. What's, perhaps, certain is hapless Prime minister has no choice but to accept Mukul Ray as Railway minister notwithstanding his strong reservation against him.
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