Left plan to protest Bush visit

Seven parties, including the RSP, AIFB, CPI(ML) Liberation, JD(S), have issued a statement against Bush's visit.

Seven political parties, including the CPI, the CPI(M) and the Samajwadi Party, have decided to oppose the forthcoming visit of US President George W Bush to India.

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"Under President Bush, the US continues to occupy Iraq and oppress its people. It threatens Syria and has targeted Iran on the issue of its nuclear programme. It backs the naked oppression of the Palestinian people by Israel.

"He is certainly not welcome in India," a joint statement of CPI, CPI(M), RSP, AIFB, CPI(ML) Liberation, JD(S) and SP said after a decision in this regard was taken at a meeting.

"We have constituted a broad-based committee against Bush's visit and decided to organise under its banner a massive public march and rally to protest his visit," it said, calling the American leader an "enemy of sovereign nations".