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Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee on Wednesday night said that 'options are not closed' for her return to the Union Cabinet, but asserted her 'ideology and values' were more dear to her as 'ministries will come and go'.
"You have to appreciate that if the matter is not sorted out... ministries hardly matter. It is a temporary phase. Ministries will come and go. If I lose my ideology and values, they (the people) will not forgive me," Banerjee told television channel Star News.
Asked whether she would remain in NDA, Banerjee shot back, "I am not a political astrologer. As of now, we are in NDA. Our party will take a collective decision (in such an eventuality)."
Replying to questions, she dismissed the contention that she raked up the issue of bifurcation of Eastern Railways on the eve of Cabinet reshuffle, saying her party had raised the issue on June 21 itself.
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