Hours after meeting Union Textile Minister Piyush Goyal and demanding a rollback of the Centre's decision to cap the price of raw jute at Rs 6,500 per quintal, Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh threatened to agitate against his own Government “even if it means supporting Mamata Banerjee.”
Goyal had called Singh to Delhi and after the meeting, he referred the matter to the Textile Secretary for a solution.
The Union Minister's assurance for a solution notwithstanding, Singh would not stop attacking the Centre. He said his struggle and discussions would continue till the matter was solved. “There has been an assurance from the Minister, but I will not stop my agitation till any fruitful result comes,” the BJP strongman said. Continued on Page 2