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TMC rules out resignation of party ministers | Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader
Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Monday rubbished reports that the party ministers have
submitted their resignations to party chief Mamata Banerjee, saying it is completely
baseless and untrue. Bandhopadhyaya said the Trinamool Congress remains the second-largest
member of the UPA, suggesting the party is not opting out of the coalition yet.
It was earlier reported that TMC minister had submitted their resignations to
Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress has six ministers in the ruling UPA, including
Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy. Mamata, who has been estranged from the UPA
since last week over the election for President of India, held a meeting with
her party leaders here to decide on the TMC's future strategy. As the war of words
over the presidential candidate scaled up dramatically, Banerjee had earlier last
week said that she has not threatened anyone and does not intend to topple the
UPA Government. Banerjee, however, said that if the UPA wants her to leave, she
will. "We want to be in the UPA. If they don't want us in the government, that
choice is with the Congress," she said. Trinamool Congress, with 19 members in
the Lok Sabha, is the largest constituent of UPA after the Congress. President
Pratibha Devisingh Patil's term ends on July 24.
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