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Karat meets Mayawati to topple UPA Government
Published on Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 14:47, Updated on Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 15:14 in India section
Tags: Indo-us Nuclear Deal, Left , New Delhi
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New Delhi: CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat and BSP supremo Mayawati, two staunch opponents of the Indo-US nuclear deal, met on Sunday in an apparent move to take on the Government during the trust vote in Lok Sabha on July 22.
Karat, who is spearheading the Left opposition on the deal, drove to the UP Chief Minister's residence in the Capital for the meeting.
This is the first meeting between the two leaders after the recent political developments that saw Mayawati withdrawing support to the Government followed by the Left last week.
After the 45-minutes meeting, the Karat hailed Mayawati's opposition to the nuclear deal and said the two parties would cooperate in the "struggle" against the agreement.
"We wanted the two parties to cooperate in the struggle against the Government," Karat said in apparent reference to the trust vote being sought by the Manmohan Singh Government.
While the Left has 59 MPs in the Lok Sabha, the BSP has 17.
Karat had on July 11 said he was in touch with "all parties" which can take a stand against the deal, an issue on which the Left parties withdrew support to the Government reducing it to a minority.
Mayawati has so far declined to divulge her strategy on the trust vote but there were reports that she was attempting to woo several SP and Congress MPs in UP to vote against the Government in the trial of strength in the Lok Sabha.
Mayawati has been increasingly attacking the Centre in the wake of SP joining hands with Congress over the issue of the nuclear deal, which the BSP has dubbed as "anti-Muslim".
On Saturday, she had hit out at the Centre for "targeting" her after the CBI issued a fresh affidavit in a disproportionate assets case.
She had accused the Congress of "targeting" her at the behest of SP, a charge dismissed by the ruling party.
In the Lok Sabha, which has an effective strength of 543, the ruling side has to cross the halfway mark of 272 to prove a simple majority.
The ruling UPA has an assured support of 221 MPs belonging to alliance partners, which includes the Congress' 153, RJD's 24, DMK's 16 and NCP's 11. The five-MP JMM, although an ally of UPA, has not yet revealed its cards.
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I feel Mr. Karat has scooped down to the level were no 'Left' leaders have gone before. His works and
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Dr.Bansal one can see your "concerns" a la MAYAWATI BEHENJI,ji!
Only ask her to "expose" her "disproportionate Assets" more than what
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The great Dalal after eating 100 rat going for haj
In Nithari case what was their reaction
In Rajesh talwar how he
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Mayawathiji should be double cautious with communists.If the government falls also thay will not hesitate to again realign with Congress
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VIA CNNIBN- OPEN LETTER TO BEHENJI MAYAWATI- PLEASE FOCUS ON GOVERNANCE OF UTTARPRADESH ! NEVER MIND THE COMMUNISTS! DONT TRY
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