WB: Cong to pull out from the Mamata govt

Kolkata: After the Trinamool Congress ministers resign from the UPA on Friday, the West Bengal Congress is also likely to pull out of the Mamata Banerjee government in the state. The West Bengal Congress unit has received an approval from the party high command for withdrawing.

Congress leaders Shakeel Ahmed speaks to West Bengal Congress President Pradip Bhattacharya and asked him to tell the Congress ministers to resign.

The Congress has six ministers in West Bengal, which include two cabinet ministers and four ministers of state. Manas Bhuiyan and Abu Hena are Cabinet ministers in West Bengal and Abu Naser Khan Chowdhury, Pramod Nath, Sunil Tirkey and Sabina Yasmin are Ministers of State.