Railway minister Prabhu offers to quit after train derails, PM asks him to wait

New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and offered to resign "taking full responsibility" for train accidents and said Modi had asked him to "wait".

Hours after a second train derailed in four days, Prabhu called on the Prime Minister "taking full responsibility" for the state of affairs. "PM has asked me to wait," he tweeted. 

On Saturday, the Kalinga Utkal Express



derailed in Muzaffarnagar district leaving 22 people dead. Even as the railways cracked down on errant officials and staff, the Kaifiyat Express derailed in Auraiya district on Wednesday injuring 74 people. Both accidents took place in Uttar Pradesh.

Though Prabhu did not specifically mention that he had offered to resign, there has been intense speculation that he may have offered to resign considering the language of his tweets.