WARANGAL: CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and MP Brinda Karat has expressed the hope that the UPA government would refrain from going ahead with its nuclear agreement with the U.S. as it lacked support in Parliament.
Addressing a public meeting here on Sunday, Ms. Karat said that as the agreement was not in the interest of the country and it affected the sovereignty of India, the Left Parties were opposing it. “If the UPA goes ahead despite the resistance from various sections, particularly from the Left Front, it will not be good for the country,” she said. Ms. Karat appealed to the people to take a pledge to fight against the agreement and struggle till the Centre withdrew from it.
The CPI (M) leader, who was here to take part in the meeting organised to prepare the cadre for the second phase of struggle for the land, said the agreement empowered the U.S. President to issue a good conduct certificate every year to the Indian government.
“The government required the certificate from the people of India, not the U.S. president,” she said.
The UPA was told to stick to the common minimum programme to complete its five-year term and the Left Front extended support on the condition. The UPA was supposed to obtain consensus from the allies for its policies and programmes. If it failed to implement the CMP, the Left parties would be constrained to extend issue-based support to the government. “No party can impose its policies on other parties while in a coalition,” she said.
No comments:
Post a Comment