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Congress to End Support to Mamata Government

  •   Sat, Sep 22 2012 02:33:55 PM

Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS): The Congress will meet West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Saturday evening to formally convey its decision to withdraw its support to the Trinamool Congress government.

"We will meet the governor at 6 p.m. to formally withdraw support from the government," state Congress president Pradip Bhattacharya said after a meeting of party leaders here.

The six Congress ministers - two cabinet and four ministers of state -will also tender their resignations to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the evening.

The withdrawal of support will not have any impact on the 16-month-old Banerjee government as her party has a comfortable majority in the 294-seat state assembly.

The Congress has 42 members, two more than the Communist Party of India- Marxist's 40, and could stake claim for the post of the leader of the opposition.

The Congress move comes a day after six Trinamool ministers resigned from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.

The Trinamool quit the UPA after the Congress-led central government hiked diesel prices, allowed FDI in multi-brand retail trade and put a cap on subsidised gas cylinders.
  

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  • Sharmila, Mumbai

    Sun, Sep 23 2012

    GOOD CONGRESS SHOULD WITHDRAW THIER MINISTERS FROM WEST BENGAL. TIT FOR TAT. NO ONE SHOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH MAMATA AS SHE IS DISATROUS TO ANY PARTY SHE SUPPORTS. SHE IS JUST A CM OF WEST BENGAL BUT SHE ACTS AS THE UPA GOVERNMENT SHOULD RUN AS SHE WANTS. HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN ? SHE SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF BENGAL AND SENT TO BANGLADESH SO SHE CAN FIGHT WITH PM HASINA FOR PM POST NEXT TIME BUT IN INDIA SHE WILL NEVER BE PM WHATSOEVER SHE DOES. PUBLIC ARE NOT FOOLS OF INDIA. THEY KNOW WHAT MAMATA IS ?

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  • alban lewis, Kallianpur/bangalore

    Sat, Sep 22 2012

    If she is so demanding and adamant, just imagine at the home front - her husband's state of affairs.
    He may be going under thick blankets moment she enters the house!!!!!

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