Instead of giving any assurance on rollback, the Prime Minister explained to the delegation the "necessity of increasing petroleum products prices".

After the price rise was announced, Trinamool Parliamentary Party held an emergency meeting on Friday last following which Bandhopadhyay said his party "registers its strong protest with the UPA government for keeping allies in the dark while taking such a decision which has angered the people."

During the meeting with Singh today, the MPs from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha along with West Bengal Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee, also complained about "huge lack" of coordination between Congress and coalition partners.

"We also told him that there is a huge lack of coordination between coalition partners in the UPA-II. There are opportunities to interact with the Prime Minister during Cabinet meetings, but there is lack of coordination among allies of the UPA-II," the Minister of State for Health said.

The Prime Minister "agreed" that it would be improved, Bandhopadhyay said.

He said the deliberations with the Prime Minister would be conveyed to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.

Singh shared the economic condition of the country with the delegation, the Trinamool MP said.

"The PM has agreed with our sentiments. PM has categorically said that he shares our views. He explained some of his views which are related with economic side, economic conditions of the country, economic position of the world, necessity of increasing petroleum products prices," he said.

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