Left Parties submit withdrawal letters to Prez

New Delhi, Jul 9: The four Left Parties- CPI, CPI-M, Forward Bloc and the Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (RSP) met President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday, July 9 and submitted the withdrawal letters. CPI-M General Secretary confirmed the same in a press conference. The Left has also submitted a second joint letter asking President to convene a Lok Sabha session as soon as Manmohan Singh is back from G-8 summit and to face confidence motion on the floor of the House at the earliest.

Accusing the government of double standards, the Left said the UPA Government has on the one hand decided to convene a meeting with the Left to discuss the US-India civil nuclear cooperation issue, while on the other, the Prime Minister announced in Japan that his government would go ahead on the deal.

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