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Left launches campaign against U.P.A.
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Launching a nationwide campaign against the U.P.A. government clubbing the nuclear deal and price rise, the Left parties Monday accused the ruling combine of "failing" to address the problems of the 'aam aadmi' due toits "obsession" with the agreement.
The Left parties said they could not agree to the country becoming a "junior partner" to the U.S. and withdrew support to the government as it moved ahead with the deal when thecountry was faced with price rise and inflation.
Attacking the government for moving ahead with the deal when in "minority", C.P.I.(M) general secretary Prakash Karat took a potshot at the ruling party, saying 'Congress ka Haath,America ke Saath'.
Karat said the Left will work to defeat the government on the trust vote and expects that more parties will join themin the struggle against the deal.
"The popularity of President George W. Bush in U.S. is 20-25 per cent. He is the President of a minority. We have a Prime Minister who is heading a minority government. A minority President and minority Prime Minister are trying to hook this country to U.S. hegemony," the senior C.P.I.(M)leader said.
Claiming that the government and Congress want to fulfil their promise to Bush, he said, "it is their primary aim and not tackling inflation or price rise...The deal and price rise were the issues on which we withdrew support." "We were tolerating them (U.P.A.) because we did not wantB.J.P. and other communal forces to come to power," he said.
In an apparent reference to Congress tie-up with Samajwadi Party, Karat said there is a party which is now supporting the government, but shared the dais with the Leftsometime ago in opposing the deal.
Attacking the U.P.A. for its "refusal" to take appropriate steps to tackle inflation and price rise, Karat claimed that the nuclear deal would be used by the U.S. to "pressurise" the country to open up for M.N.Cs., which wouldhave a "detrimental" effect on India.
"This government took a shameful step when it voted against Iran (in the I.A.E.A.)," Karat said noting that the country would have to surrender its foreign policy and toe American line on international affairs if it went ahead withthe deal.
On voting against the government along with B.J.P. during the trust vote, Karat said that Congress has no right to point fingers at the Left saying it had "conspired" to topple secular government of V.P.Singh, H.D.Deve Gowda and I.K.Gujralin the 1990s and voted along with the saffron party.
C.P.I. general secretary A.B.Bardhan in his address, said, "We have never said that we are voting with B.J.P. We have talked to other parties, not to B.J.P. If the other parties want to talk to us, we cannot push them out. We are voting against the U.P.A. because of its policies." "If the B.J.P. wants to vote against (U.P.A.), they have a right to do so. Those who voted along with B.J.P. are now teaching us. We will continue to fight communal forces," hesaid.
He wondered whether India was acting under "U.S.
pressure" not to go ahead with the Iran-Pakistan-Indiapipeline.
The campaign has been launched to explain to the people the reasons for withdrawing support besides "explaining the U.P.A.'s pro-American and anti-people policies which areresulting in price rise and other problems".
In the course of the campaign, the Left will also place before the people alternatives to meet energy requirements for development and for putting an end to economic policies which are "harmful to farmers, rural poor, workers and othersections".
Plans are afoot to field top leaders, who will criss-cross the country, to attend public meetings and ralliesorganised in major towns in all states.
Meetings will be organised at all major centres, as well as in towns and villages. Pamphlets and handbills will bepublished.
The campaign plank will be anti-imperialism and defence of the country's sovereignty, anti-communalism, secular domestic polity and protection and improvement of common people's livelihood against attacks of big business, a senior Left leader said. PTI SJY
The Left parties said they could not agree to the country becoming a "junior partner" to the U.S. and withdrew support to the government as it moved ahead with the deal when thecountry was faced with price rise and inflation.
Attacking the government for moving ahead with the deal when in "minority", C.P.I.(M) general secretary Prakash Karat took a potshot at the ruling party, saying 'Congress ka Haath,America ke Saath'.
Karat said the Left will work to defeat the government on the trust vote and expects that more parties will join themin the struggle against the deal.
"The popularity of President George W. Bush in U.S. is 20-25 per cent. He is the President of a minority. We have a Prime Minister who is heading a minority government. A minority President and minority Prime Minister are trying to hook this country to U.S. hegemony," the senior C.P.I.(M)leader said.
Claiming that the government and Congress want to fulfil their promise to Bush, he said, "it is their primary aim and not tackling inflation or price rise...The deal and price rise were the issues on which we withdrew support." "We were tolerating them (U.P.A.) because we did not wantB.J.P. and other communal forces to come to power," he said.
In an apparent reference to Congress tie-up with Samajwadi Party, Karat said there is a party which is now supporting the government, but shared the dais with the Leftsometime ago in opposing the deal.
Attacking the U.P.A. for its "refusal" to take appropriate steps to tackle inflation and price rise, Karat claimed that the nuclear deal would be used by the U.S. to "pressurise" the country to open up for M.N.Cs., which wouldhave a "detrimental" effect on India.
"This government took a shameful step when it voted against Iran (in the I.A.E.A.)," Karat said noting that the country would have to surrender its foreign policy and toe American line on international affairs if it went ahead withthe deal.
On voting against the government along with B.J.P. during the trust vote, Karat said that Congress has no right to point fingers at the Left saying it had "conspired" to topple secular government of V.P.Singh, H.D.Deve Gowda and I.K.Gujralin the 1990s and voted along with the saffron party.
C.P.I. general secretary A.B.Bardhan in his address, said, "We have never said that we are voting with B.J.P. We have talked to other parties, not to B.J.P. If the other parties want to talk to us, we cannot push them out. We are voting against the U.P.A. because of its policies." "If the B.J.P. wants to vote against (U.P.A.), they have a right to do so. Those who voted along with B.J.P. are now teaching us. We will continue to fight communal forces," hesaid.
He wondered whether India was acting under "U.S.
pressure" not to go ahead with the Iran-Pakistan-Indiapipeline.
The campaign has been launched to explain to the people the reasons for withdrawing support besides "explaining the U.P.A.'s pro-American and anti-people policies which areresulting in price rise and other problems".
In the course of the campaign, the Left will also place before the people alternatives to meet energy requirements for development and for putting an end to economic policies which are "harmful to farmers, rural poor, workers and othersections".
Plans are afoot to field top leaders, who will criss-cross the country, to attend public meetings and ralliesorganised in major towns in all states.
Meetings will be organised at all major centres, as well as in towns and villages. Pamphlets and handbills will bepublished.
The campaign plank will be anti-imperialism and defence of the country's sovereignty, anti-communalism, secular domestic polity and protection and improvement of common people's livelihood against attacks of big business, a senior Left leader said. PTI SJY
