A day after the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) dealt a severe blow to the UPA government by deciding to withdraw its ministers from the Centre, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday took a jibe at the ruling Congress party, saying it will become weaker because of its stubborn behaviour.
Asked if the attitude of the central government was coming in the way of its smooth functioning, he said, "This obstinate attitude, it will only go on to weaken it. Due to this attitude, the Congress party will become very weak".
Mulayam said his party would decide on its strategy on Thursday in the wake of Trinamool Congress withdrawing its support to the UPA government.
"Tomorrow there is a meeting of the Samajwadi Party's Parliamentary Board. We will take a decision there," Yadav said while speaking to reporters outside his residence here.
The SP chief made clear that his party would go ahead with its plans to hold demonstrations to oppose the decisions taken by the government.
"There will be opposition in Uttar Pradesh and the entire country. The demonstrations in support of people's issue will happen," he said.
Yadav also criticised the government, saying its policies had added to the burden of the common man.
"The government should get wise, what have they given to people of the country? There is so much pressure on the common man and the farmers," he said.
Samajwadi Party, a key outside supporter of UPA, had said it would take an independent decision on its support to the government after Trinamool Congress pulled out of the ruling dispensation.
"Our decision will be independent. We will take a call after the September 20 bandh against FDI in retail and diesel price hike," SP General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav had said.
Asked whether the government will collapse following TMC's decision, Yadav had said it was a "serious issue".
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