India News: Reports say Pawan Kumar Bansal has has offered to resign at the meeting with the Prime Minister.

The Congress core group is likely to meet this evening to take a call on Bansal.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi backed Bansal, saying that the Railway minister has demanded a CBI inquiry in the bribe issue. "I don't think we can expect any thing more from him," Dwivedi said.