‘Manmohan should step down to save his image’

CPI Deputy General Secretary Suravaram Reddy has suggested that the PM should resign to protect his and his party's image.

CPI Deputy General Secretary and MP Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy on Wednesday suggested that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should tender his resignation to protect his and the Congress party’s image.

Accusing the Congress party of indulging in horsetrading to garner support of MPs to save the government, Reddy said the Prime Minister should step down immediately to protect moral values he believes in and save his image and also that of his party.

“The Congress party has no majority in Parliament on the issue of the Indo-US nuclear deal and the Manmohan Singh government would be defeated during the vote of confidence,” CPI MP told reporters.

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Lashing out at the Congress party for trying to create an impression that Left parties are against nuclear energy, the CPI leader clarified that “Left parties are not against nuclear energy, (we) are against the deal which was against the interest of the people of the country.”

No doubt nuclear power was pollution free, but neither the Congress leaders nor those supporting the Indo-US deal were able to give the exact figures of investment it needed, he said.

It was estimated that the country needs about Rs 15,00,000 crore to produce nuclear energy in near future, he said.

Parrying questions on the reported co-operation with BJP to take on the UPA government, the CPI leader said, “If the government wins the vote of confidence it would be detrimental for the country and if defeated it is good for the country.”