Left sets July 7 pullout deadline

Recommended tags : US, President, George W Bush, Samajwadi Party, Sonia Gandhi, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Amar Singh, Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh CPI general secretary AB Bardhan said it wouldn’t be proper to withdraw support to the govt when the PM is away from India New Delhi: Overcoming years of bitter rivalry, Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh on Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in a major step towards shoring up the ruling coalition as the about-to-divorce Left set a July 7 deadline asking the government to explain its next step over the Indo-US nuclear deal. As the CPI(M) and other Left parties discussed the modalities of taking back their legislative support to the government, Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh held talks with the PM at his official residence... [read full story]