Sudip Bandyopadhyay

TMC to continue opposition to pension, insurance bills

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Sunday said it would continue to oppose the bills related to opening the pension sector to foreign investment and raising FDI cap in insurance to 49 per cent, in Parliament. "All bills, including those on privatisation of pension funds and FDI in insurance, should not be brought forward in the current session of Parliament. We will more or less oppose these bills because they will affect the common people," TMC parliamentary party leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay said.



"We will vote in Parliament against any measure to allow FDI in pension," he emphasised. His remarks came two days after the government won the crucial voting in Parliament on FDI in multi-brand retail. On the issue of raising FDI cap in insurance, he, however, said, "Our party will discuss it at the appropriate time and decide when any such bill is brought in the House and put to vote seeking approval of the House."

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I will quit if PM or Mamata asks me to: Trivedi

New Delhi: Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, whose removal has been demanded by his party leader and Trinamool Congress boss Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday said he has not resigned as yet. However, he made it clear that he would resign the moment the Prime Minister or Mamata Banerjee ask him to do. "No one has sought my resignation till now. My job is to get the Budget passed in Parliament. I...  

TMC's flip-flop over Trivedi continues

New Delhi: The confusion over the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi as the Railway Minister continues with Trinamool Congress leaders making contradictory statements over the issue. Trinamool Congress Parliamentary party chief in the Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandyopadhyay, said inside the House that the party never asked Trivedi to step down as the Railway Minister just a few minutes after he told the media outside Parliament that a new railway minister would...  

'TMC's prerogative to name the Railway Minister'

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentary chief, Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Thursday said that his party has made Dinesh Trivedi the Railway Minister, not the Congress. Hence, the Trinamool Congress will decide about what happens to the ministry. "Dinesh Trivedi can say what he wants to. If Pranab Mukherjee presents the budget tomorrow, will we agree that he hasn't spoken to the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi. That is a common...  

'Left responsible for poor healthcare in WB'

Thiruvananthapuram: Under attack for a spate of crib deaths in West Bengal, a Trinamool Congress minister at the Centre on Monday passed on the blame to the erstwhile Left Front rule for the "poor state of affairs" in state-run hospitals. "The 34 years of Left rule has completely destroyed the infrastructure in West Bengal and the present government is engaged in improving things," Union Minister of State for Health, Sudip...