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Amartya Sen disappointed

New Delhi: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has expressed disappointment over the Left parties’ withdrawal of support to the United Progressive Alliance government. He said the India-U.S. nuclear deal was not enough of a reason for pulling down a government.

“I wouldn’t have regarded this to be as important as it has been made out to be. I wouldn’t have thought it is a life and death issue...I would not have thought it is a reason for pulling a government down,” Mr. Sen said in an interview to NDTV.

The noted economist said he was in favour of nuclear disarmament all over the world but was disappointed by the Left’s withdrawal of support to the government.

“I really expect the Left to have a bigger role than it has had in keeping an eye on the prize, which is to remove the massive deprivation of the poorest in India,” he said. “...Left attitude in politics is determined by certain political attitude but sometimes some attitudes are not very pragmatic,” he said. — PTI

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