Petrol Price Hike Mamata Banerjee

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  Mamata Banerjee Slams Centre After Fuel Prices Hit Four-Year High

  With petrol and diesel prices sharply shooting up, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hit out at the BJP-led central government for doing little to control the surge.

• Congress strikes peace with Pawar, but Mamata goes on offensive

  A very angry Mamata Banerjee has demanded a rollback of the latest hike in fuel prices. The demand rode on the threat, "Don't force us into a political clash. If this is not rolled back, we will be forced to take to the streets."

• Petrol prices raised by 70 paise, Mamata Banerjee wants rollback

  State owned oil companies have raised petrol prices by at least 70 paise per litre effective midnight. In Delhi, petrol will now cost Rs. 68.48 per litre.

• Blog: Tale of two allies - Mamata shocker makes DMK look really good

  Mamata Banerjee's googly bowled to the Congress may well be a beamer too. But it may have the DMK trumpeting its reliability as an ally in the UPA. "Bitterly" reliable, after Karunanidhi's recent posturing during the petrol price hike demo in Chennai that his party is continuing in the alliance with "bitterness". The latest political bombshell by ...

• Manmohan Singh, Mamata Banerjee share stage at Kolkata function

  After giving the UPA III dinner a skip and then voicing a strong protest against the petrol price hike, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today shared the stage at a function with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

• Bharat Bandh: Maintain normalcy, Mamata Banerjee tells West Bengal

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had already hit the street protesting the hike in petrol price, appealed to the people to maintain normalcy during NDA-called 12-hour bandh today over the issue.

• Petrol price hike: Mamata Banerjee takes her protest to streets of Kolkata

  Accompanied by thousands of her supporters, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata this evening to protest against the steep petrol price hike effected on Wednesday. The West Bengal Chief Minister marched from her Assembly constituency of Jadavpur to Hazra in south Kolkata.

• Petrol price hike: Mamata Banerjee's protest march in Kolkata today

  UPA ally Mamata Banerjee will hit the streets of Kolkata today to protest against the steep petrol price hike effected on Wednesday.

• Petrol prike hike: Mamata to march on Kolkata's streets in protest

  In what is likely to be a quaint sight, the West Bengal Chief Minister will march from Jadavpur to Hazra in south Kolkata. Her close aid and Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy did his bit yesterday, participating in a Trinamool Congress protest in the city.

• Petrol price hike: Govt considering partial rollback, say sources

  The union government is reported to be considering a rollback of petrol price hike by up to Rs 2.5 a litre.

• Petrol price hike: Unjust and unilateral, says Mamata; won't pull out of government

  UPA ally Mamata Banerjee has slammed the government she partners for hiking petrol prices by a huge Rs 7.50, saying she is "very angry."

• Dinner diplomacy gone, Mulayam's party slams petrol hike

  The government, which on Wednesday allowed a huge hike of Rs 6.28 a litre exclusive of taxes in the price of petrol, is under attack. From Opposition parties and allies alike. An angry UPA partner Mamata Banerjee has once again said that her party was not consulted.

• Petrol pricier by Rs 6.28 plus taxes, Mamata upset but won't quit UPA

  Petrol prices have been hiked by Rs. 6.28 per litre, exclusive of taxes, effective midnight. This is the steepest hike ever for petrol in India, and prompted calls for a rollback from leaders who are key to the government's survival - Mamata Banerjee, M Karunanidhi and Mulayam Singh Yadav.

• When Mamata shouted at senior policemen

  As the Centre was trying to placate an upset Mamata Banerjee who threatened to quit the government over the recent petrol price hike, the West Bengal Chief Minister's famed temper was at display elsewhere also. At the receiving end was the Kolkata Police Commissioner who Ms Banerjee reportedly shouted at for arresting two members of her party - the...

• Not quitting over this petrol price hike, will do if there's a next time, warns Mamata

  A little after her MPs had emerged from an hour-long meeting with the Prime Minister in Delhi, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata, "If there is another hike in price of petrol or petroleum products, we will pull out of the government."