Mamata fired on Government against Petro price hike

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said her party may have to take some hard decisions at its meeting on Tuesday if there is no rollback of the measures announced by the Centre in the last few days  hike in diesel price, a cap on supply of domestic LPG cylinders and the decision to allow FDI in multi brand retail. In a democratic set-up, reforms must reach the poor and the common people. Reforms did not mean selling out everything to satisfy some sections, she said on Saturday, reaching out to people through the social networking platform and also by hitting the streets for the second time this year against the Centre’s decisions. Addressing a gathering after a two-km protest march here, Banerjee said she believed in the stability of government and had put up with decisions imposed on her party. Am I supposed to be a mute spectator?” she asked, adding the Centre had to share the concerns of allies. Dismissing the option given by the Centre on FDI in multi brand retail, it is for the State governments to decide whether or not to allow FDI funded stores. Banerjee said no one was fool enough to believe that there could be alternative approaches to a single policy. Demanding that people be given at least 24 subsided LPG cylinders Mamata said the States, and not the Centre, generated the revenues for funding subsidies.