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By Our Special Correspondent
ONGOLE, AUG. 12. The Left parties may not hesitate to vote against the insurance bill if the Manmohan Singh Government fails to consider their demand on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in insurance and telecommunication sectors, according to the CPI national executive council member and MP, Suravaram Sudhakara Reddy. Addressing the district general body meeting of the CPI here on Thursday, Mr. Sudhakara Reddy said the Left parties had no intention to pull down the Government, but they would certainly exert all pressure on it to amend certain decisions to protect the interests of workers.
Party problem
Though the Left parties had a combined strength of 63 members in the Lok Sabha, they faced problems in influencing the Government decisions because they extended only outside support, he said adding that the problems could be sorted out once the coordination committee was formed with sizeable representation to the Left parties. He said the party would also oppose contract farming being proposed by the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, to permit big companies to take land on lease and cultivate thousands of acres.
PF interest
The Left parties would also prevail on the Government to increase the interest rate on EPF, he said. He strongly supported the removal of four Governors with RSS background.
Telangana issue
Mr. Sudhakara Reddy contended that the AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, had not made any promise to the TRS president, T. Chandrasekhar Rao, on separate Telangana. The CPI leader said he sought a clarification from Ms. Gandhi herself when he met her recently at New Delhi. He said Ms. Gandhi told him that she was only president of the Congress and cannot make personal promises to anybody. The Congress president told him that she would abide by the party decision on Telangana issue, he said. He, however, said that Ms. Gandhi had not expressed anything against separate Telangana.
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