Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar commented on the Balasore train accident which took place on June 02 resulting in the death of 275 people and leaving over 1000 more sustaining injuries. While speaking to ANI, he said that he immediately asked the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to accept his resignation after the railway accident which took place in West Bengal while he was serving as the Railway Minister of India. “A train accident took place in West Bengal when I was the Railway Minister. I immediately asked the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee to accept my resignation. Earlier the Railway budget was presented separately but this new government has abolished the separate Railway budget... I will not comment if Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw should resign or not,” said Nitish Kumar. When questioned about the opposition meeting which was scheduled to take place on June 12 in Patna, he said that the meeting has been postponed as heads of all the political parties were supposed to come and that it was not correct if any other representatives show up. He also said that the new date of the meeting will be announced later. “Opposition meeting to be held on June 12 has been postponed. Heads of all political parties were supposed to come to the meeting, it's not right if any other representative will come. So we've asked Congress party that the head of the party should come. New date of the meeting will be announced later,” he added.