Row over Dinesh Trivedi's resignation in Lok Sabha

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee replied that Mr Trivedi's resignation has been received and that the Prime Minister is considering it.  "When a decision is made, it will be shared with the House," he said.

Parliament is in session and we don't know what is happening," said Gurudas Dasgupta of the Left.

"The PM has the  right to give a portfolio to someone else.  But he is also obliged to share information with parliament.  But we are discovering everything in the newspapers," said the BJP's Yashwant Sinha in the Lok Sabha.

BJP said the Prime Minister must address parliament to explain the chain of events that led to Mr Trivedi's exit.

The opposition attacked the government in Parliament today over Dinesh Trivedi being forced to resign as Railways Minister.