No action against Dinesh Trivedi: Trinamool Congress

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress today 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.