DAY IN POLITICS|Jyoti Basu hits out at Natwar

Veteran CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu opposed Natwar Singh's remark on on the issue of sending troops to Iraq, and said it was totally contrary to UPA's CMP.

Veteran CPI(M) leader Jyoti Basu on Saturday opposed Foreign minister Natwar Singh's remark on a fresh look on the issue of sending troops to Iraq, and said it was totally contrary to the Common Minimum Programme of the UPA government.

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"Not a single Indian armyman should be sent to Iraq and we consider it as a personal statement only and not of the government," Basu said in sharp reaction to the statement that evoked widespread criticism from left parties, particularly CPI(M), one of the supporting partners of the UPA.