SP may press Congress for FMs removal

  • 02/07/2008

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)

May Also Seek Heads Of Deora, RBI Chief, Ronen Diwakar | TNN New Delhi: Samajwadi Party's support for the beleaguered Manmohan Singh government will not come cheap. The party, which virtually holds the key to the government's survival given the imminent withdrawal of the Left's support, is likely to come up with an expensive wishlist. As SP readies itself for the rescue act, there are clear indications that it may demand changes in the portfolios of finance minister P Chidambaram and petroleum minister Murli Deora, as well as the scalps of RBI governor Y V Reddy and India's ambassador to the US, Ronen Sen. As reported by TOI, it will also demand that the Women's Reservation Bill be shelved. The wishlist was drawn up here after a meeting of SP's parliamentary board convened to complete the formality of authorizing party boss Mulayam Singh Yadav and his associate Amar Singh to wrap up the