New Delhi: Left parties on Tuesday termed as "meaningless" the demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the coal allocation issue but asked him to face Parliament as he "owes an answer" to the country. CPI(M) also dubbed the disruption of Parliament as "match fixing" between BJP and Congress.
"Demanding resignation of the government is meaningless and it does not happen," CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters outside Parliament. "On the garb of PM's resignation demand, you are allowing the government a free hand to do what ever they want. This is one kind of match fixing between BJP and the Congress," he said.
"Parliament is not functioning, no debate is taking place and there no accountability. A match fixing is going on which is helping the government to avoid debate. We want the government to be accountable to Parliament," he said. CPI National Secretary D Raja said the Supreme Court has passed "really strong strictures" against the government on the working of the CBI while Forward Bloc Secretary G Deverajan said no other Prime Minister has faced such criticism from the apex court.
However, both the leaders said the Left parties were not seeking Singh's resignation as they wanted to listen to the Prime Minister who should own moral responsibility for the developments. "The observations of the Supreme Court are strong. Now the Supreme Court observations show that what we were saying were right. Singh should own moral responsibility. Its not the Law Minister alone
02:59 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Left parties on Monday lashed out at the government for providing armed commando cover to top corporate leader Mukesh Ambani, saying the common people have been left in the lurch as gruesome incidents of rape keep happening. "It is unprecedented that at a time when such ghastly and gruesome incidents of rape are taking place and people are demanding more security, Z-plus category of security is given to...
04:20 PM, Apr 22, 2013
The Congress has no tacit alliance with any Left parties and our main task is to end the rule of Communists in any state in the country, party vice president Rahul Gandhi said in Agartala on Tuesday. ...
05:40 AM, Feb 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Left parties will be meeting on Wednesday to firm up their strategy for the upcoming Presidential elections. The CPM says no decision has been taken yet on PA Sangma who met Prakash Karat on Tuesday. The Left parties say the Congress must declare its candidate first, but they are also open to a consensus non-Congress secular name. The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday indicated its support to UPA...
06:19 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Left parties on Friday held preliminary discussions on Presidential elections and decided to consult with "secular opposition" parties before taking a final stand on the candidate and met. The parties favoured a wide agreement on a candidate for the President's election. CPI(M) leaders Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury met Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Yechury later met NCP chief Sharad Pawar separately discussing the Presidential poll issue....
07:35 PM, May 04, 2012
Opposition parties on Sunday shared dais with Anna Hazare during the anti-corruption rally at Jantar Mantar. ...
10:21 PM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: Lashing out at the UPA government for hiking petrol prices, the Left parties on Friday asked all their state units to launch nationwide protests saying the move was a major factor responsible for fuelling prices of essential commodities. "Government's deregulation of petrol pricing is responsible for fuelling hike of essential commodities and inflation," the CPI(M) Politburo said in a statement. "The hoax of the pricing according to the...
02:19 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The fight against corruption and communalism would be the plank of Left parties in the coming elections to five state assemblies, RSP General Secretary T J Chandrachoodan said on Saturday. Noting that the polls were crucial for the Left movement in the country, he said people were eagerly awaiting the outcome of the polls in West Bengal and Kerala. He alleged that the Congress-led government at the Centre was...
01:43 PM, Mar 12, 2011
Ruling, Opposition parties indulge in war of words over PM's interaction with media on scams. ...
07:07 PM, Feb 16, 2011
Ruling, Opposition parties indulge in war of words over PM's interaction with media on scams. ...
07:07 PM, Feb 16, 2011
The left has questioned how a cabinet minister can mediate on behalf of the rebel group. ...
12:06 AM, Aug 19, 2010
In the first signs of a thaw between the Left and the UPA, Yechury says the PM is doing a competent job. ...
09:26 AM, May 25, 2010
Both parties are supporting the bill in its current form. ...
09:27 PM, Mar 08, 2010
Left leaders also used the opportunity to take a dig at Trinamool. ...
09:52 AM, Nov 17, 2009
The actual allocations do not match the intent to help the common man. ...
04:31 PM, Jul 06, 2009
CPM gen secy Prakash Karat is under fire, Left leaders insist he won't quit. ...
01:19 AM, May 19, 2009
Post-poll alliances apart, Left says it will not join a Cong-led govt. ...
09:14 AM, May 02, 2009
The Third Front is in no mood to project a PM candidate. ...
01:48 AM, Apr 22, 2009
Cong may need support from Left to forge alliance to stay in power. ...
09:49 PM, Mar 17, 2009
Bardhan lauded BJD's role in formation a third force of secular parties. ...
08:50 AM, Mar 09, 2009
