Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on May 24 formally opposed the induction of its senior party MP (Member of Parliament) Sudip Bandopadhyay in the Union Cabinet, urging Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to intervene in the matter.

The party faxed a letter to Vajpayee during an emergent working committee meeting, expressing dismay at the report that Bandopadhyay was being inducted in the Cabinet along with party chief Mamata Banerjee in a Cabinet reshuffle during the day, according to a senior party leader.

The letter also said that any decision to induct an MP of the party in the Union Cabinet without consulting party supremo Mamata Banerjee was not correct.

The working committee meeting, which was still in session, is expecting a response from the Prime Minister in the matter, after which a final decision on the next course of action would be taken.

PTI