May
27,
2004
Press
Statement
The
CPI(M),
CPI,
RSP
and
Forward
Bloc
have
issued
the
following
statement:
The
Left
parties
welcome
the
Common
Minimum
Programme
prepared
by
the
United
Progressive
Alliance
for
the
UPA
government.
The
Left
parties
were
consulted
and
their
views
considered
in
the
formulation
of
the
document.
The
Left
parties
broadly
endorse
the
Common
Minimum
Programme
of
the
UPA.
The
implementation
of
the
CMP
will
be
in
consonance
with
the
verdict
given
by
the
people.
The
Left
parties,
while
broadly
endorsing
the
CMP,
have
their
differeing
positions
on
a
range
of
economic
policies.
They
concern
issues
of
privatisation
in
various
sectors,
targeted
public
distribution
system
and
certain
fiscal
policies.
The
Left
parties
will
advocate
alternative
policies
in
these
matters
while
continuing
to
support
the
government.
The
Left
parties
are
also
not
in
favour
of
addressing
the
question
of
new
states
through
the
CMP.
Sd/-
Harkishan
Singh
Surjeet
(CPI-M)
A.B.
Bardhan
(CPI)
Debabrata
Biswas
(Forward
Bloc)
Abani
Roy
(RSP)