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Mamata Banerjee protests against UPA's reforms in Delhi

Oct 01, 2012

15:54 (IST)

00:00 From no-confidence vote to plans with Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sharad Yadav: Mamata Banerjee's many threats
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee launched full frontal attack on the UPA's reforms policy at a rally just a couple of kilometres from Parliament House and the government's ministries.

Oct 01, 2012

15:06 (IST)

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Mamata Banerjee says her party, the Trinamool Congress will hold 48-hour dharna in Delhi on November 19-20

Oct 01, 2012

15:00 (IST)

00:00 Mamata Banerjee says elections next year

We will protest for as long as it takes to roll back FDI
We will support a no-confidence motion to push for a roll back of FDI
This is a movement for our country, we have to do this for the people

Oct 01, 2012

14:57 (IST)

00:00 Mamata Banerjee says cable operators should protest in Delhi... "Everyone cannot afford a set-top box..."

Oct 01, 2012

14:48 (IST)

00:00 Mamata announces rally in Lucknow on Nov 17; asks Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to join her. Also invites NDA convenor and JDU president Sharad Yadav

Oct 01, 2012

14:46 (IST)

00:00 Mamata attacks UPA Government

They do what they want. They do not even bother consulting anyone (allies).
They need so much money that they are hell-bent on selling the country out in 7 days...
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hain, dekhte hain zor kitna bazu-e kaatil mein hain
If you remove LPG subsidy, how will the mid-day meal scheme work?
The country cannot be run only from Delhi, we will form a federal front against these moves...
Congress feels angry...Why?
I will come every 15 days if this makes the government angry. I will bring ice too if they feel angry
Till Delhi is the capital, we have to come to Delhi to seek justice
If you stop me, I'll say rukawat ke liye khed hain (laughter from the crowd)
I work for the people, I have nothing to fear
I salute all my young friends, the people of the country... I remember the slogan Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan

Oct 01, 2012

14:42 (IST)

00:00 Mamata Banerjee speaks at anti-FDI rally
At a protest rally in Delhi Jantar Mantar, Mamata says sh will continue opposing the government's decision of allowing FDI in retail.

Oct 01, 2012

14:34 (IST)

00:00 Mamata Banerjee says

The FDI in retail has been imposed by a government which does not invest confidence of the Parliament
The only thing left for them to do is the insurance and pension bill
I tried working with them for three years
But I do not need a ministry, I need the country
Selling the country cannot be reforms
If the country survives, the government will survive
In our manifesto, we had said before the elections we will not support FDI in retail
US government also told Wal-Mart that 60% has to be locally procured and look what our government did?
If you sell out, the people will boot you out - that is the beauty of democracy
Fertilizer prices have been increased so much that farmers cannot buy it.
They have raised fuel prices, do the petrol companies need money burdening the people?

Oct 01, 2012

14:32 (IST)

00:00 Disturbed by a photographer, Mamata Banerjee says he is planted from somewhere... appeals to Derek o'Brien, other leaders to "be cool"....

Oct 01, 2012

14:26 (IST)

00:00 Mamata Banerjee addresses protest rally at Jantar Mantar

I want the ministers who has resigned to take the blessings from the people
They have taken up a public cause, I congratulate them
My hindi is weak. Please forgive me for the errors.
I thank you for turning up in this heat.
I will be with the people - we will remain with the aam aadmi
Our people who run small shops and earn a living , it is not correct to shutdown their shops
People ask why Mamata is in Delhi. Why shouldn't I? Is Delhi not in India?
Congress ko itna gussa kyun ata hain
If someone raises his voice, they threaten him with CBI
I am not afraid, throw me in jail. I am not scared.
Everything has a laxman rekha... if that is crossed, I must work for the aam aadmi

Oct 01, 2012

14:11 (IST)

00:00 Sharad Yadav addresses the Trinamool protest rally at Jantar Mantar

Last time when FDI was passed by the cabinet. Mamata ji, the tigress of Bengal, stopped it.
Her revolt against the government's decision will go down in history.
Even today there are politicians with ethics and honesty like Mamata Banerjee.
She has the courage to take risk.

Oct 01, 2012

14:08 (IST)

00:00 Congress leadership in West Bengal is holding a rally in Kolkata in support of FDI. They are marching to the Hazra crossing , a stronghold of Mamata Banerjee., barely half a kilometre away from her residence.

Oct 01, 2012

14:04 (IST)

00:00 Trinamool leaders say protest is not limited to West Bengal alone. During the Opposition sponsored Bharat bandh on September 20, Mamata Banerjee had opposed the shutdown in West Bengal... she had said bandhs weren't Trinamool's style of politics and that her party was opposed to such shutdowns in principal.

Oct 01, 2012

13:59 (IST)

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Oct 01, 2012

13:54 (IST)

00:00 Sharad Yadav maintains he has come together with Mamata Banerjee on FDI... and that he has been speaking to several political leaders...

Oct 01, 2012

13:52 (IST)

00:00 Sharad Yadav's JDU is a key constituent of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. The JDU runs the government in Bihar in coalition with the BJP.

Oct 01, 2012

13:51 (IST)

00:00 About 3000 people at Jantar Mantar now... Mamata Banerjee is flanked by Janata Dal United President Sharad Yadav

Oct 01, 2012

13:49 (IST)

00:00 Mamata Banerjee is on the stage now - she is being garlanded by local Trinamool leaders

Oct 01, 2012

13:43 (IST)

00:00 Mamata Banerjee reaches Jantar Mantar

Oct 01, 2012

13:03 (IST)

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So far, the response to the rally has been tepid, though organisers say the crowd is likely to swell around 2 pm, when Ms Banerjee is expected to address the rally.

Oct 01, 2012

11:55 (IST)

00:00 Banners, which are critical of the government's decision to allow FDI in retail, are on display. Some of the banners read, "Don't cheat people, don't kill people", "reduce prices of cooking gas", "save lives of aam admi".

Oct 01, 2012

11:49 (IST)

00:00 Protesters, carrying flags, have assembled at the protest site.

Oct 01, 2012

11:40 (IST)

00:00 Trinamool Congress members assemble at Jantar Mantar

Oct 01, 2012

09:43 (IST)

00:00 Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will open her innings as an official opposition party with a protest rally against the government's new reforms on the streets of Delhi today.

Oct 01, 2012

08:57 (IST)

00:00 There will be country-wide protests after our agitation, says Trinamool Congress
A day, former Railway Minister and party leader Mukul Roy warned the Centre that their agitation will spark a movement in the country against the UPA government's decisions to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, hike diesel prices and put a cap on the number of subsidised LPG cylinders.

Oct 01, 2012

01:20 (IST)

00:00 The Delhi Police has given permission for 5000 people at the venue. The Delhi government has provided Trinamool Congress with 70 buses for transportation.

Oct 01, 2012

01:17 (IST)

00:00 30 representatives from Trinamool's student union and around 600 supporters from Kolkata are expected to arrive in the city this morning. Ms Banerjee will also have around a thousand supporters from neighbouring state Haryana and 2000 supporters from Uttar Pradesh during the agitation.

Oct 01, 2012

01:13 (IST)

00:00 Mamata gives up Delhi flat on eve of rally against Centre
Meanwhile, Ms Banerjee has announced that she will give away her flat in central Delhi near the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

Oct 01, 2012

01:10 (IST)

00:00 The Trinamool chief is expected to address the crowd at 2 pm. Apart from 20 Trinamool Congress MPs, party's state legislators from Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur will be present during the agitation.

Oct 01, 2012

01:03 (IST)

00:00 Mamata Banerjee to lead Trinamool protest against UPA reforms in Delhi today
A day ahead of the Trinamool Congress' protest rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, former Railway Minister and party leader Mukul Roy warned the Centre that their agitation will spark a movement in the country against the UPA government's decisions to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, hike diesel prices and put a cap on the number of subsidised LPG cylinders.

Oct 01, 2012

00:58 (IST)

00:00 Mamata Banerjee's protest will begin at Jantar Mantar from 11 am. Thousands of supporters are expected to attend the Trinamool Congress' show of strength. It is expected to go on till 4 pm.