TMC formally breaks ties with UPA

The Trinamool Congress today formally ended its ties with the UPA government as all its six ministers handed over their resignations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The ministers led by Mukul Roy reached 7RCR to meet the Prime Minister. While Roy is a Cabinet minister, Saugata Ray, Sisir Adhikari, Mohan Jatua, Sultan Ahmed and Sudip Bandopadhyay are ministers of state.