trinamool Congress MPs revolt against India's ruling UPA coalition
Surinder Khanna
Nov. 4, 2011

With 18 Lok Sabha MPs, the Trinamool is the second largest constituent of the Congress-led UPA government at the centre. These MPs want to quit the Government and the coalition.

Trinamool MPs are protesting the ''repeated unilateral decisions'' to raise prices of petro products and coal.

"We have one cabinet minister. We also have six ministers of state who are not given due importance,'' Mamata Banerjee, a key ally of the United Progressive Alliance, said.

''I told Anand Sharma that such a decision (to raise the prices) should not have been taken when the PM is abroad. Now if we decide to pull out then the government will fall. I do not want to take any such extreme decision when the prime minister is out of the country. Let the prime minister return. Then we will seek an appointment on Nov 8, 9 or 10. If he gives an appointment, all central ministers and MPS belonging to the Trinamool will meet him.'' Chief Minister Banerjee alleged, "Our party was not being given any importance before vital decisions of the government were announced. In West Bengal, the Trinamool has two-third majority in the assembly. But still we work together with the Congress. But at the centre we are not consulted. We have been demanding for over two years for a coordination or mechanism to discuss such things. But nobody listens to us.''

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