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dated November 27, 1956: Railway Minister resigns

Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, has tendered his resignation following the Ariyalur train disaster. Announcing this in the Lok Sabha on November 26, Prime Minister Nehru said he proposed to recommend to the President to accept the resignation. "But I shall ask the Railway Minister to continue his work for a few days till other arrangements can be made." Earlier, Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri told the House that the Government had ordered a judicial enquiry into the rail disaster. He said the Railway Board had initiated a survey of all railway bridges and catchment areas. Speaking after Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Mr. Nehru told the House that there might be any number of explanations and possible excuses offered for this disaster, but "in a matter of this kind, no excuse is good enough and the thing that has moved all of us is that the same type of disaster should occur, broadly speaking, in the same area or nearby twice within a short period and three times in the course of a year or two. All of us are very unhappy over the tragedy but I am sure - in fact I know it - that probably the unhappiest among all of us is the Railway Minister."

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