TMC Leader Sudip said party members have not asked the Railway Minister to tender his resignation.

Trinamool congress leader and Union Minister Sandeep Bandopadhyay asserted in Lok Sabha that UPA coalition is stable and the govt will run full term.  Later he also said his party's priority is also roll back of railway passenger fare hike.Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi said he will resign if his leader Mamta Banerjee or Prime Minister asked him to do so.Insiders say that a way out is possible with a with a reconsideration of a fare hike for unreserved and ordinary class passengers. On replacing Trivedi by another TMC nominee Mukul Roy as demanded by party boss and West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee, the Prime Minister himself told reporters outside the House that "if anything like this develops, we will consider it".

Pranab Mukherjee further said the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has received a communication from Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee which was under active consideration."As and when a decision will be taken, the House will be informed," he said without divulging details of the communication which, he said, was received late Wednesday night.On the issue of the status of rail budget that was presented on Wednesday, Pranab Mukherjee clearly said, "The rail budget is now the property of the Parliament." "Rail Budget is now the property of the House. Each and every member has the right to approve every clause in it," he said in Lok Sabha on Thursday.

Mukherjee's statement came after an impromptu debate in the House with opposition members seeking suspension of Question Hour on the plea that an unprecedented and unusual situation had arisen following the reported resignation of Trivedi.Speaker Meira Kumar disallowed the notices of suspension of Question Hour but allowed Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj and others to speak on the issue.

Leader of Trinamool Congress in the House Sudip Bandopadhyay said his party members have not asked the Railway Minister to tender his resignation.