New Delhi:11:55 am: The Congress Core Committee meeting has ended. Sources say diesel price hike rollback and cap on subsidised LPG was also discussed in the meeting.
Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress ministers Sougata Roy and Sultan Ahmed will reach Delhi on Wednesday.
11:50 am: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that the party is ready for mid-term polls.
11:05 am: The NCP has said that Mamata should not have withdrawn from the government. "This is unfortunate, she should not have taken this step, this will help BJP and communal forces. We hope by Friday she realises this and takes back her decision. Supporting parties are with the government because we know that withdrawing support will not help them, it will help communal forces. Diesel price was hiked to control the fiscal deficit. The NCP is supporting FDI, it will help farmers," NCP leader Tariq Anwar said.
10:45 am A rollback in the diesel price hike was being discussed at the Congress Core Committee meeting, according to sources. Sources say a roll back in the cap on subsidised LPG is also being discussed.
10:40 am: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has said that the Congress needs to be more flexible. "The government should get wise, what have they given to people of the country? We will discuss our strategy in the Parliamentary board meeting. The government's stubborn behaviour will do it no good," he said.
10:27 am: Congress leader Jagdambika Pal said that the party still considers Trinamool Congress an ally.
10:25 am: Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh hasemanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation. "Before accepting the resignation of TMC ministers, PM should step down and go for a fresh mandate whether country is permitting his policies or not," he tweeted.
10:00 am: The Congress Core Committee meeting has begun at 7 RCR.
9:45 am: Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the Congress Core Group Meeting set to begin at 10 am.
Sources say UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is likely to call Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee from the meet with an offer.
9:30 am: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati is most likely to come to the UPA's rescue after Trinamool Congress.
Sources close to Mayawati say that she is clear that she wants no elections at this stage. "We will wait to see what offer comes from UPA," sources say.
Mamata announced her decision to withdraw from the government after a three-hour long marathon meeting and it was a decision which was in the pipeline for the better part of the past one year.
Announcing her decision to withdraw, Mamata accused the UPA of "insulting" the Trinamool Congress. "We were insulted. We were never called by the Congress as allies," she said.
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