Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi on October 11 threatened to resign if the performance of her ministers did not improve and the development work was not speeded up.

''I am not ready to hold the responsibility...I prefer to quit,'' Rabri Devi told the concluding day function of the National Council of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

''I am not satisfied with the functioning of our ministers...They are not performing well,'' she said.

However, the Chief Minister's husband and RJD supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav dismissed Rabri's offer to resign and asserted that she would continue to hold the post.

''Sometimes she is fed up with work pressure and tells me to relinquish the post,'' he said.

Yadav called upon his partymen, including ministers, to actively involve themselves in accelerating the pace of development.

PTI