I have full faith in PM,says Dinesh Trivedi

Trivedi has earned wrath of his party chief Mamata Banerjee for hiking passenger fares in Budget.

Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi,whose fate hangs in balance,maintained his decision on the fare hike was in the best interest of the nation and he has full faith in the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

“The country and I have full faith in the PM. I will do and have done what’s in the best interest of the nation and the Indian Railways,” Trivedi said here.

Trivedi earned the wrath of his party chief Mamata Banerjee for increasing passenger fares in the Rail Budget for 2012-13.

While Mamata wrote to the PM on March 14 seeking Trivedi’s dismissal from the cabinet and replacing him by Union Minister of State for Shipping and her trusted aide Mukul Roy,the PM had spoken to the Trinamool chief yesterday on the issue.

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Trivedi,who had attended the Lok Sabha Question Hour on Thursday,also participated the Cabinet meeting yesterday.

The decision on the fate of Trivedi is unlikely before Monday. An indication to this effect came on Friday night after the Congress top brass including Prime Minister and party chief Sonia Gandhi deliberated deeply on the strategy ahead in the backdrop of the Trivedi issue and the Uttarakhand crisis.

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Congress high command feels that there appears to have been a re-thinking over Trivedi issue inside the TMC giving the ruling party much needed time,sources said.

TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has written to the Prime Minister seeking Trivedi’s replacement.