Why Mamata Runs A Lonely Path?

Bangalore: After former President APJ Abdul Kalam's decision to withdraw from the Presidential race, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems to have faced a huge shock. Further the tide is almost in favor of Pranab Mukherjee , the one she doesn’t want to hold the top post. This was the second blow in a short span of three days after her short-term friend Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav abandoned her to back Pranab. It now appears that the Trinamool Congress chief is running out of options.

The Trinamool Congress then came up with a thinly disguised threat with party leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay saying, "We are with the government but can resign when the time comes," reported IBN Live.

But this isn’t the first time that Mamata has opposed the Congress-led UPA Cabinet in their decisions.  She is well known for her tantrums and for being a hindrance to the decision making at the centre. From making the Railway Minister quit to the constant flare-ups between the two parties on various issues like the Lokpal bill, the sharing of Teesta waters and the FDI in retail sector, Mamata has always caused an obstruction. Further Mamata doesn’t seem to be getting enough and resorts to constant threats to move out of UPA.