2009 Poll Prospects And Alignments-2

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Trinamool doesn't favour toppling UPA govt: Mamata</b>

Kolkata, (PTI): The Trinamool Congress on Friday said it it did not favour toppling of the UPA government.

"We are not in favour of toppling the government", TC supremo Mamata Banerjee, the lone MP of her party, told reporters here.

Banerjee, however, said a final decision would be taken in this regard after discussing it in the party.

She said she would move a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee if he did not quit his office.

When pointed out that she would require the support of other MPs to move a no-trust against the Speaker, Banerjee replied it would not be a problem.

"His (Chatterjee) party CPI-M has withdrawn support from the UPA government and submitted a list of its MPs to the President in which the Speaker's name also figures. He should have quit by now. Political ethics demands it. But he did not quit. This is unprecedented", she said.

The government said it would seek a trust vote and the Speaker should also seek a vote of confidence, she said.