N-deal: Left leaders get death threats

June 22, 2008, Leaders of Left parties, who have strongly opposed the implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal, have started receiving "death threat" mails.
Four top Communist leaders -- Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), A B Bardhan and D Raja (CPI) -- have received "death threats" by mail for stopping the Congress-led UPA Government in going ahead with the nuclear deal and "harassing" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet.
Sources said, the letter written in "incorrect English" by one Vinay Kateri from Mumbai has accused the Left leaders of "hijacking" national interests and warned them against "behaving like terrorists."
The writer also accused them of suffering from "anti-American virus" and said "people of this country are tired with their ... behaviour and harassing the government for the last four-and-a-half years."

source: www.rediff.com

UPA govt is in ICU, says Advani

New Delhi: Criticising the crisis-ridden UPA government, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L K Advani has said that the Congress-led dispensation is "in a state of paralysis."

Speaking at a function organised by a financial daily in Mumbai on Saturday, Advani said, "In my six decades in national politics, I have never come across a government that has remained in a state of paralysis for so long a time, due to its own internal contradictions."

"The UPA government is in ICU and how it will rescue itself is something that I don't know. I am not a doctor," he said.

On the inflation rate which has touched a 13-year high of 11.05 per cent, Advani said, "People expected better management of the nation's economy from Manmohan Singh, who is known to be a distinguished economist."

UPA-Left unity should not be disturbed: Karunanidhi

UPA-Left unity should not be disturbed: Karunanidhi
Sunday, 22 June , 2008, 18:59

Chennai: DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday said that the unity between the UPA and Left parties should not be disrupted over the latter's opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal, as it would affect the nation's progress.

Emerging from Karunanidhi's residence after a 40-minute meeting with him and CPI leader D Raja, CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat told reporters that the Chief Minister had told them that the disruption would only pave the way for 'communal forces' to gain the upper hand.

Karat said they had assured Karunanidhi that the Left parties would meet again to find a solution to the Indo-US nuclear deal. "We will meet Karunanidhi again," he said.

Karat said they had put forth the Left parties' views on the UPA government's move to go ahead with negotiations with the IAEA board of governors on the safeguards agreement.

"We are against it. We have explained to him our stand. As a senior leader of the UPA, Karunanidhi will take up the issue with the Congress," he said.

"We have assured him that the Left parties will discuss the matter and come out with a solution," he said. Source: http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14699791