Trinamool Congress Withdraws Support to UPA Government

All six Trinamool Congress ministers resigned from the government and the party withdrew support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on Sept. 21, three days after it said it was quitting the alliance over economic reforms.

Railway Minister Mukul Roy and five ministers of state called on the prime minister and submitted separate resignation letters. The meeting barely lasted five minutes.

The Trinamool has 19 members in the 545-seat Lok Sabha.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee had said on Sept. 20 that her ministers would leave the UPA government unless it reversed its decisions on capping cooking gas cylinders, allowing FDI in multi-brand retail and hiking diesel rates.

The exit of Trinamool from the UPA government comes after nearly two years of troubles in their relationship.