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CPI(M) won’t allow anti-poor decisions: Karat

Shimla: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday said it opposed the India-U.S. nuclear deal to ensure that the United Progressive Alliance government did not take any decision against the interests of the country.

Despite providing crucial outside support to the government, the CPI(M) was playing the role of effective opposition in the interest of the poor and labourers, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said.

“We will ensure that the government does not take any decision against the interest of the country,” he told an election rally here.

“The CPI(M) can assure the countrymen that we will not allow the Congress-led government to take any decision which will harm the interest of the poor, workers, government employees and petty traders.” This was why the CPI(M) had asked the government not to sign the nuclear deal or allow foreign investment in education.

Mr. Karat said his party would see that no decision which was against the country was taken by the UPA government till the end of its term in 2009 “and after that the party will have a different strategy.”

He accused the BJP of pursuing communal politics and flayed its senior leader L.K. Advani for his reported statement during a rally in Himachal Pradesh that his party would turn it into a Gujarat.

“Himachal is a peaceful State and Advani wishes to make it Gujarat, which has attracted a bad name for the State due to communal carnage.” — PTI

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