Mamata says she had wanted to remain in the UPA
January 19, 2013  22:48
 Months after her party quit the Congress-led UPA government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed she had wanted to remain in the government, but was forced to pull out as the Centre did not accede to her demands. 

"We did not want to leave the UPA. We were forced to do so since the Centre did not accept our demands for withdrawal of hike in diesel price, LPG cap and FDI entry in retail," Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo, told a party rally here. "We can never allow FDI in multi-brand retail. TMC has guts. What its says it does. We do not have lust for ministerial positions," she said.
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