Trivedi issue: Oppn corners govt, Pranab says he hasn't quit

                                                                         
Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi has not resigned, the government clarified in Parliament on Thursday. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee told Lok Sabha that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has not received any resignation, but only a letter from Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee late Wednesday.< /P>
"As soon as a decision is taken, the house will be informed," he said.
He said: "Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi hasn't resigned."
On the issue of the statu 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.
Speculation about the resignation of Trivedi, who was in the Lok Sabha, rocked the lower house with Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and other opposition leaders issuing a notice to suspend question hour to discuss the issue.
However, Speaker Meira Kumar disallowed the notice saying there was no rule under which this demand could be met.
Banerjee has sought to replace Trivedi with her loyalist, Minister of State for Transport Mukul Roy.
Trivedi had earned the wrath of Banerjee after he hiked passenger fares in the railway budget he presented to parliament Wednesday.
Giving out the same message in the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla said: "PM has not received any resignation from railway minister. We have received a communication from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee but no decision has been taken. The house will be informed when any decision is taken."
After the session started on Wednesday the opposition MPs sought clarification in Lok Sabha whether the railway minister has resigned.
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) said that there was a crisis in the UPA government and the nation can'thave an unstable government.
"Can it be first cleared if Dinesh Trivedi is still the rail minister," asked Sushma Swaraj.
"Dinesh Trivedi could not have presented rail budget without consulting the PM and Sonia Gandhi," said Sharad Yadav
"Foundation of Parliamentary system is being violated. This should not happen. I have never seen members of govt on dharna," Gurdas Dasgupta said.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon as Opposition created uproar seeking statement on railway minister Dinesh Trivedi's removal issue.