The Hindu : CPI(M) to back DF

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Tuesday, Jun 11, 2002

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CPI(M) to back DF

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI June 10. The embattled Democratic Front in Maharashtra received some good news today with the CPI (M) announcing that it would support the Government during the confidence vote on June 13 and the Mumbai High Court refusing to get involved in the disqualification proceedings initiated by the Assembly Speaker against some NCP MLAs who had "withdrawn support" to their own Government.

The outcome of the vote of confidence would depend on tomorrow's decision by the Peasants and Workers Party (PWP), which has five MLAs.

The CPI (M) said it had withdrawn support to the Government in December last following policy differences but had decided to support it again as it did not want the Shiv Sena-BJP combine to return to power. It had been "speaking with the PWP, our leftist ally" that "taking note of the growing danger of communalism, the CPI (M) expects that the other left and secular parties will also take a similar stand".

It told the PWP Secretariat that despite a lack of "improvement" on policies, it did not want the Government to be defeated in the confidence vote now.

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