Left parties to meet Tue; may withdraw support to UPA govt by Thu

[K.Karthik Raja]

Left parties to meet Tue; may withdraw support to UPA govt by Thu
Monday, Jul 7
NEW DELHI - The Left Front will meet Tuesday to decide on their
support to
the United Progressive Alliance government, amid reports they may pull
the
plug by Thursday.
"We are meeting tomorrow to decide on our future course of
action,"
Revolutionary Socialist Party leader Abani Roy told NewsWire18 today.
He said the government has responded to the Left parties' letter
to
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, which had set today's
deadline for
clarification on the ruling coalition's stance on the Indo-U.S.
nuclear deal.
Meanwhile, Forward Bloc leader Debabrata Biswas has told CNN-IBN
news
channel the Left was likely to withdraw support by Thursday.
Apart from Forward Bloc and the RSP, the other two constituents of
the
Left Front are the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and CPI.