Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu Meets PM Narendra Modi today : 10 Developments

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NEW DELHI: Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday, August 23 met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to discussion for two train derailments under five days. He had taken "full moral responsibility", indicating that he had offered to quit, Rail Minister twitted.
The Prime Minister had asked him to "wait". Commenting on the move, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. Here are the 10 developments: 1. "I met the Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking full moral responsibility. Prime Minister has asked me to wait," Mr Prabhu said in tweets. 2. The minister tweeted hours after it emerged that Railway Board chairman AK Mittal had resigned owning moral responsibility. Ashwini Lohani, the chairman of national carrier Air India, will replace him as the new chief of the board that takes important decisions on railways. 3. Mr Mittal, the first board chief to be granted a two-year extension, was reportedly asked to quit after the Utkal Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh. 4. On Saturday, 23 people died and more than 200 people were injured when 13 coaches of the train came off the tracks about 100 km from Delhi. 5. According to report, this morning, 10 coaches of the Kaifiyat Express heading towards Delhi derailed after colliding with a dumper, again in Uttar Pradesh. More than 70 people were injured. 6. Rail Minister said he has extremely regret for these accidents. "In less than three years as Minister, I have devoted my blood and sweat...," he said in a tweet. 7. Back-to-back crashes in less than a week have provoked opposition calls for Mr Prabhu ' s resignation. 8. Since last year, there have been 186 deaths in train derailments, which is the highest in 10 years. This year, there have been 62 incidents. 9. “Mr. Prabhu should resign immediately if he has iota of morality left in him after today ' s incident which has left 74 more people injured,” Said Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari. 10. Mr Prabhu ' s move coincides with intense speculation about a cabinet reshuffle expected next week to fill vacancies in the defence, environment and urban development ministries.
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