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Boston Globe India confidence vote date is set BBC News - 8 hours ago The leaders of India's coalition say they will seek a parliamentary vote of confidence on 22 July. Their decision follows the withdrawal of Communist support for the Congress Party-led coalition. UPDATE 1-India government to set confidence vote date Reuters India Mulford backs Manmohan’s IAEA move Daily News & Analysis Wall Street Journal  - Reuters  - Voice of America  - BBC News all 1,132 news articles ...

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Kerala Congress (J), a constituent of the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front in Kerala, on Friday said its Lok Sabha member Francis George would vote against the trust vote on July 22 along with other LDF members. Denying reports in a section of the media that its Party MP Francis George might vote in favour of the trust vote, the ...

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A day after failing to topple the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government during the trust vote, leaders of the Left parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the United National Progressive Alliance met in New Delhi to chalk out their future course of action.The meeting, held at the residence of BSP supremo Mayawati, was attended by Communist Party of India – Marxist General Secretary Prakash Karat, Communist Party of India leaders A B Bardhan and D Raja. ...

Source: www.rediff.com --- 8 days ago
Congress workers on Thursday clashed with those of the Communist Party of India-Marxist whose held a rally against the Indo-US nuclear deal at Pratap Park in Srinagar. ...

Source: www.rediff.com --- 10 days ago
Communist Party of India - Marxist general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday squarely blamed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress for the 'collapse' of the United Progressive Alliance-Left coalition by moving ahead with the nuclear deal to the International Atomic Energy Agency."The Prime Minister and the Congress are responsible for the collapse of the (UPA-Left) arrangement that helped the installation of the secular government at the Centre," he said. ...

Source: us.rediff.com --- 13 days ago
The Communist Party of India-Marxist has dared the Congress to face elections on the nuclear deal plank, saying they were confident that people would reject the latter's stand as the government was "isolated" on the issue. The Party said the Left parties would work to ensure that the deal does not get operationalised during the "life of Manmohan Singh government". ...

Source: www.rediff.com --- 11 days ago
Communist Party of India general secretary A B Bardhan on Monday accused the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance of horse-trading and alleged that the going rate of a member of Parliament was Rs 25 crore ...

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A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said here Wednesday that the CPC is willing to promote mutually beneficial cooperation with Sudan's National Congress Party. Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the CPC Central ...

Source: www.economist.com --- 2 days ago
A blow to the Maoist in Nepals Nepal has elected its first president after abolishing the monarchy and declaring the country a republic. Surprisingly, however, the winner of the July 21st run-off vote was not the candidate backed by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), or CPN (M)--which won the most seats in the constituent-assembly election in April--but Ram Baran Yadav of the mainstream Nepali Congress (NC) Party. The result is a blow to the Maoists' hopes of dictating the direction of constitutional reform, and the former rebels' reaction to this setback will be crucial to political stability. Mr Yadav won 308 out of 590 votes in the constituent assembly. Ramraja Prasad Singh, the candidate supported by the CPN (M), won only 282. Although the presidential post is largely ceremonial for the time being--the nature of the political system and future extent of presidential powers will be among many subjects to be wrangled over as the constituent assembly drafts a new constitution--the election result is nonetheless significant for a number of reasons. ... ...

Source: www.economist.com --- 2 days ago
A nuclear co-operation deal between America and India survives too AFTER a rancorous two-day debate on its most contentious policy, a nuclear co-operation agreement with America, India's government won a parliamentary vote of confidence on Tuesday July 22nd. This does not guarantee the survival of the vexed agreement struck by America's George Bush and India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, in 2005. The deal needs approving by several foreign bodies, including the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). But the government's victory, by 275 votes to 256, with 10 abstentions, has probably fireproofed it against opponents in India. The life of the government has also been prolonged, at least for a bit. The coalition led by Mr Singh's Congress Party was reduced to a parliamentary minority earlier this month, when it was deserted by a group of Communist parties. They had provided vital support to the government while remaining outside it, but they objected to the nuclear deal, which would enable India to purchase nuclear fuel and technology despite its refusal to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. ... ...

Source: www.economist.com --- 24 days ago
   To salvage an important policy, the prime minister allegedly gets tough with his government; then goes weak againIN FOUR years as India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh has come to resemble a bearded and turbaned Aunt Sally. A more quarrelsome government than his would be hard to recreate: it comprises his centrist Congress Party and a dozen small leftist and regional outfits, and relies for a parliamentary majority on the "outside" support of India's Communist parties. And Mr Singh has little control over this mutinous mix; his Party boss, Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of a murdered Congress leader, runs the show. This arrangement has assured Mr Singh many brickbats, and little freedom to dodge.But ahead of the latest volley--at "crisis" talks between the government and Communists on June 25th--Mr Singh allegedly threatened to up his stake and quit. At the least, he appears to have lobbied Mrs Gandhi hard on behalf of a controversial policy that caused the crisis: a civil-nuclear co-operation agreement with America, forged by Mr Singh and President George Bush in 2005. This pact, which still needs approval from other countries involved in nuclear issues and a final sign-off by America's Congress, would provide energy-starved India with nuclear fuel and technology that it badly needs, without forcing it to submit to the strictures of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). An unprecedented recognition of India's nucl ...

Source: www.thehindu.com --- 8 days ago
KATHMANDU: Failing to arrive at an agreement to elect the President based on a consensus, the Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) have blamed the Maoists for being ‘opportunistic’. UML ... ...

Source: www.thehindu.com --- 10 days ago
KATHMANDU: The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has initiated talks with CPN (UML) and Nepali Congress (NC) to form a new government. On Monday, Maoists’ chairman Prachanda met CPN (UML) leaders to discuss the issue. CPN (UML) leader ... ...

Source: www.kentucky.com --- 23 days ago
India's government made a last-ditch effort to win the support of a regional Party Wednesday for a civilian nuclear deal with the United States that it hopes to complete before a new administration takes over in Washington. The government was wooing the Socialist Party because its backing would offset the potential loss of Communist allies who have threatened to withdraw their support for the ruling coalition if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh moves ahead with the deal. The Communist parties are not part of the ruling coalition, which is led by Singh's Congress Party, but their support is crucial to its stability. They hold 59 seats in the lower house of parliament where the coalition commands a majority of votes with its support. Without the communists, the government could topple and face an early election later this year. Communist Party leaders oppose the deal because they argue it would give the U.S. too much influence over their country's foreign policy and wound undermine their weapons program, ultimately threatening India's sovereignty. The accord would reverse three decades of American policy by allowing the shipment of atomic fuel and technology to India, which has not signed international nonproliferation accords and tested nuclear weapons. India, in exchange, would open its civilian reactors to international inspections. ...

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Nepal's ex-communists should spearhead the new government, political opponents said Wednesday, a day after the Maoists announced they had abandoned plans for leadership because their choice for president had been rejected. Nepal's political parties met Wednesday to try and resolve the stalemate, but no agreement had been reached, said Arjun Narsingh of the Nepali Congress, which finished second in an April election. "We still believe and want the Maoists to form and lead the new government. That was our earlier decision and we stick by it," Narsingh said. "We will not be an obstacle for them in this matter." The Maoists secured the most votes in the April election for a Constituent Assembly, but did not win a majority of seats. Since that poll, Nepal's main political parties have been unable to agree on how to form a coalition government. Maoist-backed independent Ramraja Singh lost Monday's presidential vote to Ram Baran Yadav, who was backed by the Nepali Congress, the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) and the Madhesi People's Rights Forum - the second, third and fourth largest parties, respectively. ...

Source: www.kentucky.com --- 22 days ago
The Indian government's bid to secure political support for a civilian nuclear deal with the United States stalled Thursday when a key regional Party asked for more time to make a decision. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been wooing the Socialist Party because its backing would offset the potential loss of Communist allies who have threatened to withdraw their support in India's Parliament for the ruling coalition if Singh moves ahead with the nuclear deal. The Communist parties are not part of the ruling coalition, which is led by Singh's Congress Party, but their support is crucial to its stability. Without that support, the government could topple and face an early election later this year. Mulayam Singh, the Socialist Party chief, held talks Thursday with his supporters and told reporters that he "needs to consult nuclear scientists before making a final decision." The government assured Singh's Party on Wednesday that there was nothing in the agreement with the U.S. that would place an embargo on India's right to carry out a nuclear test or affect India's decision-making in foreign policy, according to a news release by the prime minister's office. ...

Source: www.telegraphindia.com --- 22 days ago
Does the Communist Party of India (Marxist) hope to improve its credibility among the minority community by opposing the Indo-US nuclear deal? That would argue an assumption on its part that Muslims in India are against the deal, an assumption untimely voiced by the CPI(M) politburo member, M.K. Pandhe, and repeated as a warning by the Bahujan Samaj Party chief and Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati. Given the gradually visible failures of the CPI(M) as far as the minority community is concerned in states such as West Bengal, it seems hardly likely that the Party knows what the Muslims are thinking. That Ms Mayawati should know it too seems equally mysterious. Whatever Indian Muslims spread over the country might be thinking, there is certainly no indication that they have chosen Mr Pandhe or Ms Mayawati as their spokespersons. The CPI(M) was embarrassed enough to shrug off responsibility for Mr Pandhe's remark. But the UP chief minister remains unembarrassed, as aggressively ready as ever to rattle the Congress and her greatest enemy, Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party. ...

Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com --- 24 days ago
President Bush signed a bill Tuesday allowing Nelson Mandela to visit the United States without the secretary of state having to certify that he is not a terrorist. The new law removes from U.S. immigration watch lists the names of the former South African leader and others on the list because of a relationship with the African National Congress. The organization has been South Africa's ruling Party since 1994, when a majority-ruled democracy replaced a white-ruled state where the vote was based on race. During the Cold War, the West considered the ANC a Communist organization that wanted to bring down pro-Western South Africa. Mandela spent 27 years in prison for his work with the ANC. ...

Source: ridingtheelephant.blogs.fortune.cnn.com --- 7 days ago
The future of relations between India and the United States – and the future of the two countries’ proposed nuclear deal – partially hangs on changing the name of Lucknow airport in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It also hangs on how six members of parliament, jailed for murder and other crimes, vote July 22 on a confidence motion that will determine the fate of the current Congress Party-led coalition government. The gap between the coalition and its opponents in the 543-member Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) has narrowed this past week since the Communist-led bloc withdrew the support of its 59 MPs over the nuclear deal. There is now a risk that the government could be defeated, and this has led to horse trading that exceeds anything seen before. Bribes as high as $6 million have been offered to some MPs to switch sides, according to widely believed newspaper reports. Welcome to politics in India where worries about inflation and an economic downturn have had no effect on political parties’ spending. Bribes have been paid to MPs to change parties for many years, but the sums have now become enormous because of huge amounts of money collected through extortion by top politicians, especially in regional parties. MPs and their leaders usually want cash or favors, or both, but re-naming an airport is new. The government has agreed that Lucknow airport (the capital of UP) should be called Charan Singh Airport after a farmers’ leader an ...

Source: www.geo.tv --- 21 days ago
NEW DELHI: India''s coalition government was undergoing a major shake-up Friday with the dominant Congress Party pushing on with a controversial nuclear deal with the US and ditching left-wing allies. A four-Party bloc of Communist and leftist parties met Friday to discuss what politicians described as the "modalities" of a divorce from the Congress-led government because of the pact. The Congress Party, however, was working to avoid being forced into early elections and getting the atomic deal through by negotiating a new alliance with the socialist and regional Samajwadi Party (SP). SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi separately to finalise their agreement, officials said. After talks with PM Singh, Yadav told reporters that "national interest is more important than politics" -- seen as a sign that a deal to reshape India''s ruling alliance was close. Later, senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily told NDTV news channel: "We have the numbers now. Their (Samajwadi Party''s) help has been very timely." The nuclear deal -- agreed in principle in 2005 -- would allow India to buy atomic power plants and technology despite not having signed international non-proliferation pacts. Prime Minister Singh argues the pact is crucial for India''s energy security. Singh is lined up to meet US President George W. Bush on the sidelines of the G8 meeting in Japan next week, taken as anoth ...