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Let Congress decide on alliance; we don't need
them: Mamata
Friday November 18, 2011 10:01:49 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata:
"Decide whether you want to stay with us or not" -- was a fresh
ultimatum served to the Congress party by Trinamool Congress
supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday
after a protest rally by Youth Congress against alleged attacks on
party workers by Trinamool activists.
A fiery Banerjee said the Congress has to decide both at the
centre and the state whether to carry on the alliance with the
Trinamool and added that her party does not need the Congress
support.
"It is for the Congress to decide whether to support Trinamool or
extend indirect support to Communist Party of India-Marxist
(CPI-M). It will be sorted out because this thing cannot go hand
in hand. They (Congress) have earlier done the same thing.
Trinamool doesn't want to stay with political parties which have
covert relations with CPI-M," said Banerjee.
Banerjee said it was for the Congress to decide whether they want
to stay with Trinamool or forge an alliance with the Communists.
"The Congress leaders are abusing us everyday. What do they think?
In Delhi they don't have majority to run the central government
but we have the majority in Bengal for running the state
government. We don't need to depend on them to run the
government," said Banerjee.
The Youth Congress Friday took out a protest rally against alleged
violence by Trinamool Congress activists on Congress workers
across the state.
"What are they trying to achieve by taking out this rally in the
South Kolkata area just before Lok Sabha by polls. Do they want to
strengthen the hands of CPI-M? If they are taking out rallies then
we can also take out rallies. People of Bengal are well aware of
everything. They are with us," said Banerjee.
Asked whether she will register an official complaint with
Congress president Sonia Gandhi or the prime minister regarding
the rally, Banerjee said: "I don't believe in complaining. I hope
they will get the message from what I said just now. It's better
to stay separately than letting our supporters get thrashed by
Congress supporters."
Earlier, on the issue of repeated petrol price hikes, Banerjee had
threatened that her party - the second largest partner in the
Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) - would not stay
with the central government and demanded a roll-back.
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