CPM calls for fresh elections in Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 28 (UNI) Describing as a ''sordid spectacle'' the coming together of the BJP and the JD (S) to again form a government in Karnataka, the CPI(M) today said fresh elections in the State was the only ''sensible and democratic way out''.

''The rank opportunism of the JD (S) leadership and the unprincipled lust for power of the BJP have betrayed the aspirations of the people of Karnataka,'' the CPI (M) Central Committee said in a statement here.

''There is nothing to be gained from such exercise. The only sensible and democratic way out is for the State to have fresh elections and a new mandate from the people,'' it added.

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