Communists warn UPA of early withdrawal of support

indiasnews.net     05-Jul-2008            

India's News.Net Saturday 5th July, 2008 (IANS) Days before deciding on withdrawing support to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, top Communist leaders Saturday turned to one of their core constituencies - West Bengal - meeting their comrades and addressing them on the India-US nuclear deal. The state, ruled by the Left Front for the last 31 years, saw hectic activity as Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat and his Communist Party of India (CPI) counterpart A.B. Bardhan spewed venom on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for the nuclear deal. Karat said the Left was awaiting a response from External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on its July 7 deadline to the government to clarify whether it was going to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on... [read full story]                    

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