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Bush ignorant of history: Karat

NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat said on Wednesday it was “foolish” of U.S. President George Bush to have compared Lenin with Hitler.

Mr. Karat was reacting to remarks made by Mr. Bush a few days ago, where the U.S. President drew comparisons between Lenin, Hitler and Osama bin Laden. “It was foolish for him [George Bush] to have compared Lenin with Hitler or Osama bin Laden. It only shows that he is ignorant of history.”

Mr. Karat was speaking to reporters after unveiling a bust of Lenin at the CPI(M) headquarters AKG Bhavan here.

At another function, he told reporters that neither had the Left parties demanded the postponement of the November 16 meeting of the UPA-Left Committee on the India-U.S. nuclear deal; nor was there any such proposal from the government.

His comment came in the wake of speculation that the meeting could be pushed ahead as the winter session would begin on November 15 and the deal could come up for discussion in Parliament.

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