Pranab Mukherjee to meet Congress MPs tomorrow over the budget
Though Pranab Mukherjee has ruled out roll back of the hike in prices of petroleum products, the Congress members' concern over the issue is expected to come up at tomorrow's meeting.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet Congress MPs tomorrow and discuss the budget with them ahead of a Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting on Wednesday. Though prime minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee have ruled out roll back of the hike in prices of petroleum products, the Congress members' concern over the issue is expected to come up at tomorrow's meeting. On Wednesday, at the CPP meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi may break her silence on the issue, party sources said.