PM refuses to drink tea with Mukul Roy
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh refused to sit with the newly inducted Railway Minister Mukul Roy at the Rashtrapati Bhawan today for a customary cup of tea. After the swearing-in-ceremony of Mukul Roy as Cabinet Minister, high tea is served by the President to the guests. But the Prime Minister refused to sit with Roy and did not take the tea or refreshments with him. He rather opted to leave the venue immediately after the swearing-in-ceremony.
Strangely, the PM did not offer to tea to Mamata Banerjee yesterday when she met him in his chamber in Parliament House along with Mukul Roy. She wanted Mukul Roy to be the Railway Minister and PM was against it. He did not agree to promote Roy on the ground that there are several reports against him. He was ready to make anybody as the railway minister but not to Mukul Roy. However, Mamata remained adamant. The PM gave in yesterday..
But during the 35-minute meeting, the PM offered no tea to both of them. It is now clear that there is no love-lost between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Trinamool Congress.
