Mamta Banerjee headed Trinamool Congress withdraws support to UPA
Trinamool Congress, the second biggest constituent of the UPA, on Tuesday decided to withdraw support to the government over the issue of diesel price hike, cap on subsidised LPG cylinders and FDI in retail.
“We will not be in UPA-II. Our ministers will go to Delhi on Friday, meet the Prime Minister and submit their resignations at 3 pm,” TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced at a press conference here.
“We are not responsible if the country is forced to go for a mid-term poll,” Banerjee said. "This government can stay for three months or six months, I don't know. They have lost the credibility. And if they cannot maintain friendship with us, then they cannot maintain friendship with anybody," she added.
Banerjee announced the decision after a meeting of the Trinamool Congress’ parliamentary party, which went on for over three hours.
The TMC withdrew the support after the Centre refused to roll back the hike in diesel prices, cap on LPG cylinders and FDI in retail.
“The UPA government did not consult us before the price hike,” Banerjee said.
However, she added a caveat saying if the Centre rolls back the decision on FDI in multi-brand retail, raises the cap on supply of subsidised LPG to 12 cylinders and reduction of diesel hike from Rs 5 to Rs 3 or Rs 4, then the party would reconsider the decision to withdraw support.
She said the Central government was not a one-party rule. "The government depends on the support of others. But in (West) Bengal, we have a majority of our own and we are not dependant on others," she said.
Banerjee ruled out supporting the Central government from outside saying her decision was "not half-hearted".
Trinamool Congress, the second biggest constituent of the UPA, on Tuesday decided to withdraw support to the government over the issue of diesel price hike, cap on subsidised LPG cylinders and FDI in retail.
“We will not be in UPA-II. Our ministers will go to Delhi on Friday, meet the Prime Minister and submit their resignations at 3 pm,” TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced at a press conference here.
“We are not responsible if the country is forced to go for a mid-term poll,” Banerjee said. "This government can stay for three months or six months, I don't know. They have lost the credibility. And if they cannot maintain friendship with us, then they cannot maintain friendship with anybody," she added.
Banerjee announced the decision after a meeting of the Trinamool Congress’ parliamentary party, which went on for over three hours.
The TMC withdrew the support after the Centre refused to roll back the hike in diesel prices, cap on LPG cylinders and FDI in retail.
“The UPA government did not consult us before the price hike,” Banerjee said.
However, she added a caveat saying if the Centre rolls back the decision on FDI in multi-brand retail, raises the cap on supply of subsidised LPG to 12 cylinders and reduction of diesel hike from Rs 5 to Rs 3 or Rs 4, then the party would reconsider the decision to withdraw support.
She said the Central government was not a one-party rule. "The government depends on the support of others. But in (West) Bengal, we have a majority of our own and we are not dependant on others," she said.
Banerjee ruled out supporting the Central government from outside saying her decision was "not half-hearted".
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