As the Trinamool Congress went ahead and withdrew support to the UPA in Delhi, the repercussions were felt in West Bengal on Friday, with the Congress announcing it would pull out its ministers on Saturday from the 16-month old Mamata Banerjee-led government. The knives were sharpened on both sides, as the coalition partners traded vicious charges. In a bid to gain from the break-up with the Trinamool, the state Congress demanded at least three slots in the union council of ministers including a cabinet berth for party MPs from the state. Launching a scathing attack on Banerjee for her "dictatorial attitude", and claiming that the law and order situation in the state had been deteriorating, state Congress president Pradip Bhattacharya said his party would be "relieved" to leave the state cabinet.