I met the Hon'ble Prime Minister @narendramodi taking full moral responsibility. Hon’ble PM has asked me to wait. (5/5) — Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) 1503479419000

one on Tuesday

other last week.

I am extremely pained by the unfortunate accidents, injuries to passengers and loss of precious lives. It has caused me deep anguish (4/5) — Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) 1503479367000

In less than three years as Minister, I have devoted my blood and sweat for the betterment of the Railways (1/5) — Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) 1503479270000

New India envisioned by PM deserves a Rlys which is efficient and modern. I promise that is the path, on which Rlys is progressing now (3/5) — Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) 1503479329000

Undr leadership of PM, tried 2 overcome decades of neglect thru systemic reforms in all areas leading 2 unprecedented investment& milestones — Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) 1503479297000

Railway minister Suresh Prabhu offers to resign after recent train accidents

NEW DELHI: Railway minister Suresh Prabhu indicated on Wednesday that he’s offered to resign after taking “moral responsibility” for two recent train accidents, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked “me to wait”.Prabhu said he’s “extremely pained” by the two train derailments in Uttar Pradesh,and theIn Tuesday’s Kafiyat Express derailment, 70-plus passengers were reportedly injured. In the Utkal Express derailment on Saturday, over 22 people died and scores were injured.“It has caused me deep anguish,” tweeted Prabhu on Wednesday afternoon.He added that he’s devoted his “blood, sweat and tears” in his three years as Railways minister and undertaken several reforms.India, Prabhu said, deserved a modern railway system.He said that under PM Modi, there have been "unprecedented investments" in the Indian Railways On Sunday, the railway ministry sent on leave top officials including a member of the railway board for the Utkal Express derailment.Stung by the accident and criticism of opposition parties, the ministry sent member (engineering) railway board Aditya Kumar Mittal, general manager (GM) Northern Railways R K Kulshrestha and divisional railway manager (DRM) R N Singh on leave till further orders.Mittal was going to retire at the end of this month, but the strict action will send signal to top officials about zero tolerance towards accidents.