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Left not to join Govt
The Left parties have decided to give outside support to the Cong-led Govt. A formal announcement will be made later in the day.
The Left parties who have over 60 MPs in Lok Sabha will not join the Congress-led coalition government to be headed by Sonia Gandhi.
However, they have agreed to support it from outside.
These parties CPI and CPM that have discussed the issue over the past two days, will announce their decision later in the day, sources in Left Front said on Monday.
The CPI announced that it will join the Congress-led Government at the Centre provided all other Left parties participate in it.
Despite invitation from Gandhi to join her Government, Left parties are of the strong view that participating in the Government would straight away conceal the opposition space to the rightists.
The sources said some of the leaders and constituents felt inclined to join the Government to give it stability, but the final view was taken to maintain unity in the Left.
It was also felt that some of the decisions to be taken by the new Government may not be to the liking of Left Front and so staying out of the Govt could give it that much freedom to comment on them.
