CPI(M) leaders meet Sonia ahead of CMP meet

Ahead of UPA meet to finalise the CMP, top CPI(M) leaders have met Sonia Gandhi who is tipped to head the ruling post-poll alliance.

Ahead of the crucial meeting of the United Progressive Alliance to finalise the Common Minimum Programme, top CPI(M) leaders on Wednesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who is tipped to be chairperson of the ruling post-poll alliance.

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CPI(M) General Secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet and politburo member Sitaram Yechury met Gandhi at her residence and are understood to have conveyed their party's decision to accept Congress offer to make veteran Marxist leader Somnath Chatterjee as the Lok Sabha Speaker.

They are also understood to have discussed their suggestions which they feel should be incorporated in the CMP.