Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Left dubs Manmohan 'intellectually dishonest' on Indo-US ties

PTI Wednesday, 15 March, 2006, 08:15
New Delhi: The Left parties on Tuesday accused the UPA government at the Centre of violating the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) on several major issues and charged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with being "intellectually dishonest" on the issue of Indo-US ties. Participating in a discussion with anchor Karan Thapar in "India Tonight" programme on CNBC television channel, the CPI(M) and CPI warned the government of "very serious consequences" if "violations" of CMP continued. To questions on Indo-US relations, including nuclear deal, CPI(M) leader Nilotpal Basu said the Prime Minister is "slapping his own face".
"There have been a series of debates in the House. One the one hand, he (the Prime Minister) says he is not for regime change. But on the other, India becomes director of the International Centre for Democratic Initiative, which is funded by CIA.....this position cannot be defended even by Congress in Parliament." "The stand taken in Parliament and the agreement entered into with the US "becomes ludicrous and untenable and shows that the Prime Minister is not being intellectually honest", Basu said. In the context of the issue of regime change, he said "it is now becoming increasingly clear that Iraq will be repeated in Iran. CPI national secretary D Raja said the Prime Minister spoke of enlightened national interest in shaping India’s foreign policy but charged that the stand taken on Iran’s nuclear programme at the IAEA was "against the feelings of the people of India". Sify Home >> News & Info >> News >> Politics

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