[Marxistindia] Left parties on election results

[news from the cpi(m)]

                                                            May 17, 2009




Press Statement



The leaders of the Left parties, the CPI(M), CPI, AIFB and RSP met in
New Delhi and have issued the following statement:


The Left parties will work as a responsible opposition in parliament.


The Left parties will continue our cooperation with the non-Congress,
non-BJP allies. 


In the light of the Lok Sabha election results, it was decided that each
party individually would review the reverses suffered in the elections.
Following this, the Left parties will come to a collective assessment on
how to overcome the shortcomings and move ahead.


The meeting was attended by A.B. Bardhan, Prakash Karat, Debabrata
Biswas, T J Chandrachoodan, Sitaram Yechury, S Ramachandran Pillai, D
Raja and G Devarajan.

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