Mukul Roy best acceptable as rail minister: TMC

March 15, 2012 12:25

TMC leader Sudip Bandopadhyay's day in Parliament so far...

Q. Mukul Roy not acceptable to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

A. "Roy can be the all out and the best acceptable person in the Railway
Ministry... We have given a letter to the Prime Minister for a change in the Railway Ministry."

Q. Will Trivedi be removed or dismissed from the Party

A. "We have not yet thought about this issue as there are so many other important things to do."

Q. If Trivedi was invited by the Party for taking part in the dharna in Parliament for protesting several issues including rail fare hike.

A. "We have been informed about it through SMS.

Q. Was Trivedi asked to resign from his post?

A. "We have no information whether someone has resigned or not."

Q. Is Trivedi defying party diktats?

A. "We have not given any orders to him. Our party leader and MPs want that Mukul Roy should be given this (Raliways Ministry).

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