Kolkata/New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee yesterday announced that her party will bring a no-confidence motion against the UPA government in the winter session of parliament. The Congress downplayed the move, saying the government has majority in the Lok Sabha.
Banerjee asked all parties including BJP and her bete noire CPI-M to support her party’s move.
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 Kolkata. The winter session of parliament begins on 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 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over bringing the resolution.
“This is a bigger issue involving the country and is not a religious issue. For the interest of the people, we must take a stand. I urge all political parties to take a stand against this government,” she said.
Banerjee said Trinamool parliamentary party leader Sudip Bandopadhyay would move the no-confidence motion on the opening day of the session.
IANS
