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New Delhi, Nov 3 The CPI(M) is angry with the foreign policy of the Manmohan Singh government, particularly the "strategic alliance" with the US, and has warned that it will have to pay a "price" for it.
The "strategic alliance" with Washington "has gone beyond normal ties and close relations," according to the party General Secretary Prakash Karat, who dismissed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assertion two days ago that there was basic shift in the foreign policy.
He said at one time post-July last year's nuclear agreement with US, it seriously considered whether to continue the support and the government was told about it.
"There is a deep-rooted sentiment drawn from our experience of the freedom struggle about imperialilsm. In general, people react to this. The BJP underestimated it.
"We made it a big issue in 2004. There is a great patriotism in this country. What I am saying is that let them (UPA) not not underestimate that (patriotism), Karat told PTI referring to the Parliament resolution against sending Indian troops to Iraq during the tenure of the BJP-led government.
"And if we feel that the government is not protecting the interests, our vital interests, national interests, we will go to the people and the price will be paid later. What I am saying is that the foreign policy is of major concern to us," he said.
He was asked whether government would have to pay dearly if there was a foreign policy deviation in CPI(M)'s view. |
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