By IANS,
Kolkata : In a stern warning to the Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said her Trinamool Congress party was ready to take hard decisions if the measures to hike fuel prices and FDI in retail were not reconsidered.
Expressing shock over the twin-decisions, she said: “Loot is going on in the country.”
“We cannot support price hike on diesel and reduction in subsidized LPG cylinders. Today, a decision has been taken allowing FDI in Retail Sector. It is a big jolt. We are really sorry,” Banerjee posted on her official Facebook page.
“We cannot support anything that is against the interest of the poor and common people. Loot cholchhe loot (Loot is going on in the country),” she said.
Fuming over the “anti-people” decisions of allowing overseas investments in multi-brand retail and diesel price hike by Rs.five a litre, the Trinamool – UPA’s second largest constituent earlier – Friday gave a 72-hour deadline to the Congress to rethink the decisions.
Banerjee said that her party was very much serious about the recent developments and were ready to take hard decisions.
“Sometimes speech is silver and silence is golden. We are not party to it. We are not supporting these anti-people decisions. We are very much serious about these developments and ready to take hard decisions if these issues are not reconsidered,” Banerjee posted.