Allies fume, Mamata threatens pullout over petrol price hike

Pressure mounted on the government to at least partially roll back the increase in petrol prices on Friday as ruling coalition partners slammed the hike and even Congress urged the Centre to consider a "healing touch" to public discontent. "Enough is enough," said an angry West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee as she reminded Congress that UPA government's survival depended on the support of Trinamool and other allies and her MPs had "unanimously decided to withdraw from the ruling coalition".

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