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Jaswant: Left, SP greedy for power
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ASIANAGE on 06 July, 2008 02:53:14
 
BY KAUSHIK PRADHAN
Kolkata
July 6: Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha
Jaswant Singh on Sunday criticised both the Left parties and the Samajwadi
Party, saying that they had no principle but only greed for power. Commenting on
the Samajwadi Party’s claim that it had decided to back the UPA government on
the Indo-US nuclear issue only to keep the BJP at bay, he said: "The CPI(M) and
other Left parties had offered exactly this reason to justify their support to
the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre."
BJP president Rajnath Singh described the Congress-SP proximity as an "unholy
alliance".
Meanwhile, echoing BJP leader L.K. Advani, Trinamul Congress chief Mamata
Banerjee said that the UPA government should immediately convene a Lok Sabha
session and seek a vote of confidence. "The Left parties are trying to fool the
people. They have been exposed now," she added. Mr Jaswant Singh said, "The
current political situation in New Delhi is totally in a mess. They (read SP and
Left) have made our parliamentary democratic system a mockery." However, he also
believed that the Left was not blackmailing the government. It was confused.