Trinamool pullout increases Congress dependence on SP, BSP
Wednesday September 19, 2012 12:01:04 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress' decision Tuesday to withdraw support to the
UPA government has made it vulnerable and more dependent on
outside supporters Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samajwadi
Party (BSP) for survival, said Congress sources.
Though Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee had been a mercurial
ally, the Congress was apparently more comfortable in dealing with
her than with SP and BSP, which are its electoral adversaries in
Uttar Pradesh.
The party is likely to make more efforts now to keep SP and BSP on
its side, said the sources.
The SP has 22 MPs and BSP 21 MPs in the Lok Sabha and support of
two parties would make up for Banerjee pulling out support of her
19 MPs to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
The SP has however joined hands with the Left on issues of diesel
price hike and FDI in multi-brand retail and will join the protest
Sep 20.
It also criticised the Congress-led government after Trinamool's
decision, with party leader Ram Gopal Yadav said the UPA's way of
working was not right and the Congress was behaving as if it had
two-third majority.
However, he indicated his party's decision on continuing support
to the government will not be influenced by Trinamool's step.
The Congress has shared "on and off" relationship with SP and BSP
with which it fought a bitter electoral contest in Uttar Pradesh
earlier this year.
The two parties have bailed out the government in tricky
situations. The SP also came forward to support the UPA-I
government when the Left withdrew support over the Indo-US nuclear
deal.
Mayawati has spoken out against the subsidy cut in LPG and diesel
price hike but has given the Congress time till the second week of
October when she would decide on their course of action.
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