'We'll put UPA in the dock if it votes on Iran issue'

Karat also hinted at mobilising support from other partiesto create a pressure group on issues like Iran and FDI in retail.

The CPI(M) has warned the UPA that it would be put "in the dock" in Parliament if it insisted on voting for a referral on the Iran issue to the United Nations Security Council.

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"The Government will be put in the dock in Parliament if it insists on voting for a referral to the Security Council," CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said at the end of the two-day Politburu meeting.

Karat also hinted at mobilising support from other parties, both within UPA and outside, to create a pressure group on issues like Iran and FDI in retain.