Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that her party will bring a no-confidence motion against the UPA government in the winter session of Parliament.
Banerjee asked all parties including BJP and her bete noire CPI-M to support her party’s the move. The Congress downplayed the move, saying the government had majority in the Lok Sabha.
Her Trinamool Congress has been a part of Congress-led UPA alliance at the Centre till recently.
“It is very important for the sake of the country that this government falls. And so we have taken a unanimous decision to bring a non-confidence motion against the minority UPA government,” Banerjee, the West Bengal chief minister, said after meeting her party parliamentarians in Kolkota.
The winter session of parliament begins from November 22.
“This government should not be in office for a day now. ‘Deshe loot cholche, loot. Jhoot cholche, jhoot.’ (Loot is going on in the country. It’s only lies, and lies). It is an anti-people and minority government,” Banerjee told reporters at state secretariat Writers’ buildings.
“This government has robbed people of their sleep. They have no moral right to continue.” She also said her party was open to talks with other parties including BJP over bringing the resolution.
Reacting to the threat, Congress spokesperson Raashid Alvi said his party was ready to face a no confidence motion. (IANS)