Last month, the railway minister in the government that came to power in Delhi in May, LalooPrasadYadav, announced an enquiry into the Godhra incident.
RJD's leader, LalooPrasadYadav, stood down as Bihar's chief minister in 1997, when he was arrested on corruption charges, but installed his wife as his proxy.
Its government is currently headed by Rabri Devi, the wife of LalooPrasadYadav who ruled the state until he resigned last year after being accused of corruption.