A day after Trinamool Congress abstained from voting on Women's Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha, party supremo Mamata Banerjee tonight met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and explained her party's stand.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today defended her party's decision to abstain from voting on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha but said she was in favour of the Constitutional amendment.

In the first signs of strains within the UPA, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that her party was kept in the dark over the way the Women's Reservation Bill was being passed in Rajya Sabha.

The Trinamool Congress and the DMK, both UPA allies, which are seeking a rollback in the hike of petrol and diesel prices, on Tuesday made it clear that there is no threat to the Government.

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday opposed increase in the prices of LPG and and other petroleum products recommended by an expert panel headed by former Planning Commission member Kirti Parikh, saying a new burden of raised prices would hit the common people hard.