Trinamool Opposes Rail Fare Hike

• I will resign if asked to: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi

  With his own party opposing the Railway Budget over fare hikes, Trinamool Congress MP and Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi tells NDTV that he doesn’t care if the rail budget costs him his job.

• Resignation or rollback: Mamata's alleged ultimatum to Dinesh Trivedi

  Mamata Banerjee has created an unprecedented political controversy - her party today vowed to fight the nominal hike in train ticket fares announced, a decision made by its own minister Dinesh Trivedi. Not only is Mr Trivedi a senior leader from Ms Banerjee's party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), but he is also her nominee to the union cabinet. The ...

• Will try to convince Mamata about new passenger fares: Dinesh Trivedi to NDTV

  After Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced a nominal hike in train ticket fares today - the first in nine years - sources say his party chief Mamata Banerjee has told him to either resign or roll back the increased prices. Publically she has said that the hike is not acceptable.