Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) withdraws support to UPA government

RANCHI: Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric), which has two MPs in Lok Sabha, today withdrew its support to the UPA government for its "anti-people policies".

The announcement of withdrawal of support was made by its Principal General Secretary Pradip Yadav and the party's Lok Sabha member Ajay Kumar at a joint press conference here.

Besides Kumar, party president and former chief minister Babulal Marandi is JVM's other MP.

"We are withdrawing support to the UPA government for its anti-people policies. We will meet President Pranab Mukherjee and submit the letter of withdrawal soon," they said.

"Our party is against FDI in retail, hike in diesel price and cap on LPG cylinders," they said.