New Delhi: Nitish Kumar, who had quit as Railway Minister following attack on him by his detractors in Samata Party, withdrew his resignation on July 17 and resumed work at Rail Bhawan.

"I regret that I could not keep my emotions under control causing inconvenience to all," he said after returning to work.

The crisis in Samata Party triggered by his resignation blew over on July 16 night after one of his detractors Prabhunath Singh met him and patched up differences.

The Railway Minister said "I was hurt because of certain developments and after talking to everyone and the Samata party president George Fernandes, I felt that taking into consideration sentiments of everybody, I must return to work. That is why I have resumed my duties".

Kumar said the Railways would continue to strive to make travel safer and the ministry would follow up on the National Workshop on safety held last week.

PTI