Agencies Posted online: Saturday, September 08, 2007 at 1616 hours IST
Visakhapatnam, September 8: Sending out a strong message to the UPA, the CPI said ‘consequences will follow’ if the government ignores the Left parties' concerns that may be expressed in the UPA-Left committee set up to resolve the differences over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
"If they accept, well and good. If they don't, consequences will follow," CPI general secretary A B Bardhan said in reply to a query at a 'meet the press' organised in Visakhapatnam ahead of the Left rally in protest against the multi-nation Naval exercises being held off the coast of this port city.
"What will happen if the government does not take it (committee) seriously and does not listen, is a matter we will discuss among the Left parties later on," he said.
"We have been successfully making the government realise that our objections have to be discussed. They cannot be brushed aside. You cannot bulldoze. You will have to pause. You will have to consider our objections. That's why that committee was set up," Bardhan said.
Asked how long the Left will continue to support the government, he said, "We will think of it".
Replying to a query whether a mid-term poll can be expected, the CPI leader said, "much of that whether there will be a mid-term poll or not depends on the party which is running the government."
