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No tiff, just communication gap with Mamata: Khurshid
Sunday January 08, 2012 05:08:19 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Congress
Sunday brushed off reports about cracks in the ruling UPA
coalition, saying "too much" should not be read into the angry
outburst of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
"I don't think we should read too
much into these things...We all understand her (Banerjee's)
concerns and I'm sure she understands our compulsions. I think
there is a need for better communication," Law Minister and senior
party leader Salman Khurshid told NDTV, a day after the Trinamool
Congress chief challenged the Congress to walk out of the
coalition government in West Bengal.
Khurshid blamed the bickering between the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) partners on "mismatch in expectations and
responses".
Banerjee's Trinamool is mainly responsible for blocking some key
government policies and bills, including foreign direct investment
in retail and the anti-graft Lokpal law.
"I'm sure Mamataji also has expectations of people who voted for
her and change in the ruling establishment of West Bengal after
such a long time. But again, we are a national party and we have a
lot of expectations that go beyond the concerns of only one state.
"So, there will sometimes be a
mismatch in expectations, a mismatch in our responses and
sometimes a mismatch in answering to our constituencies."
The Congress and Trinamool ties have been rocked by a series of
confrontations recently, especially in West Bengal.
The latest confrontation was triggered after the West Bengal
government proposed to rename Indira Bhavan, a building named
after the late prime minister, in Kolkata's Salt Lake.
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