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Early polls? Mamata says she didn't say that
Saturday May 12, 2012 06:04:23 PM,
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Reports that Lok Sabha poll may be advanced: Mamata
Claiming that
she has got information that a certain political party held an
internal meeting in Delhi on advancing the Lok Sabha polls to
2013, Trinamool Congress president and West Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata
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New Delhi: Shortly
after the Congress rebutted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee's reported comment that India may see early Lok Sabha
elections, the Trinamool Congress denied the statement.
Banerjee was reported to have told her party workers Friday to
prepare for early polls. The comment did not go down well with the
Congress, which leads the ruling United progressive Alliance (UPA).
"I have got information that a meeting was held in Delhi. I won't
say which party convened that meeting. They want to hold the Lok
Sabha polls by 2013," Banerjee was widely quoted as saying in
Kolkata.
"Any day, we can face the election. So, we must be ready to face
it. And we must not do anything that the people misunderstand me,"
the Trinamool chief said.
The Congress ruled out any early polls.
"I have not gone through the statement by Banerjee, but one thing
is clear: the UPA-II (United Progressive Alliance) will complete
its term and elections will be held on schedule," said Congress
spokesman Rashid Alvi.
"There is no question of any mid-term polls," he added.
Later in the day, the Trinamool took a u-turn.
The party's Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien on Twitter quoted
Banerjee as saying: "Let me clear the half truths being
reported... I would be happy to see UPA-II last its full term."
Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party said it would be happy with
early elections, Communist Party of India-Marxist's Sitaram
Yechury accused the Trinamool of "threatening" the government.
"We need to think how small parties are blackmailing government,"
Yechury said.
The term of the present Lok Sabha ends in 2014.
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