Left leaves UPA government in minority, saviour Samajwadi steps in

India's News.Net Tuesday 8th July, 2008 (IANS) India's ruling coalition was Tuesday reduced to a minority with the Left withdrawing its support, ending four years of an often uneasy relationship that ended in divorce over differences on the India-US nuclear deal. But the Samajwadi Party quickly stepped in to fill the gap and announced support for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. As the Samajwadi Party announced in the Indian capital that all its 39 Lok Sabha MPs would back the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on the nuclear deal and vote for the government in a trust vote, a confident Manmohan Singh told journalists in Japan on the sidelines of the G8 summit: 'Left pulling out will not affect the stability of the government.' That stability would be put to the test soon. As the day of hectic political activity drew to a close,... [read full story]