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| Petrol price hike: Mamata Banerjee's protest march in Kolkata today
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| INDIA
, 26-May-2012
2:41:55 AM |
| UPA ally Mamata Banerjee will hit the streets of Kolkata later today to protest against the steep petrol price hike effected on Wednesday.
In what is likely to be a quaint sight, the West Bengal Chief Minister will march from her Assembly constituency Jadavpur to Hazra in south Kolkata. Her close aid and Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy did his bit on Thursday, participating in a Trinamool Congress protest in the city.
Ms Banerjee was one of the quickest off the block to vocally protest when the hike of Rs. 6.28 plus taxes was announced on Wednesday. "We cannot accept the petrol price hike," she said. The government, she added, should not have allowed such an economic situation to come
Ms Banerjee also made it clear that while her party the Trinamool Congress was committed to supporting the central government and would not pull out now as that would "create economic and political instability", it did not at all mean that they couldn't protest against what was wrong.
"We don't want political instability. We made a commitment and if we topple the government now, there will be political instability. We are not like the Left. But just because we aren't leaving, doesn't mean that we won't protest or we won't oppose," she said.
The Trinamool Congress chief also complained, once again, that her party was not consulted before the decision was taken. "It is unjust and unilateral. It was done without our knowledge...Parliament was in session till yesterday. Why was this not brought up and discussed in Parliament?" she asked.
Reacting to Ms Banerjee's call for a protest march, an angry Congress MP from Bengal, Adhir Chowdhary, dared her to quit the coalition. "Why is Mamata Banerjee taking to the streets to protest petrol price hike? She should quit the UPA instead," he said. Mr Chowdhary also had a word of advice for the Chief Minister. "Bengal too can reduce the VAT on petrol the way other states like Goa have done. Mamata Banerjee can waive local taxes
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