Mr. Bansal and Mr. Kumar took over as railway and law ministers, respectively, in late October as part of the prime minister's move to refurbish the government's image and to prepare for the elections.
The rail-line route passes through an Aboriginal reserve called Abydos-Woodstock, and the entire footprint of the mine and railway must, by law, be cleared with T.
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar have submitted their resignation letters to the prime minister, a senior party leader said.
Pawan Bansal quit as the railway minister after police arrested his nephew for bribery, and Ashwani Kumar stepped down as the law minister amid claims he influenced a report investigating a coal scandal.