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| Mamata Banerjee's party talks tough |
| Mamata Banerjee's party talks tough, Prime Minister may reach out today
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| INDIA
, 17-September-2012
10:1:7 AM |
| Hours before Mamata Banerjee meets her party leaders to make what she described over the weekend as "hard decisions," her party has listed three plans of action that it is considering in retaliation for the government's decision to hike diesel prices, limit subsidised cooking gas cylinders for families, and open up the country's retail sector to foreign investors.
"There could be a pull-out of ministers from the UPA, there could be withdrawal of support from the government or ministers will not attend office," said Sultan Ahmed to Press Trust of India today. Mr Ahmed is one of six ministers from Ms Banerjee's party in Delhi. To pacify her, the government may increase the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders that households are entitled to.
Sources say the Prime Minister is likely to reach out to Ms Banerjee today, in an attempt to persuade her to remain in his coalition government. Ms Banerjee, who is the Chief Minister of West Bengal, has 19 Lok Sabha MPs, making her the second-largest party in the UPA, after the Congress.
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