Castigating the United Progressive Alliance government for crossing the Laxman Rekha of the Common Minimum Programme on the Iran nuclear issue, Communist Party of India-Marxist Monday warned that the Left parties would consider "what to do" if the ruling coalition continued to maintain such a stance.
"The way foreign policy is being presently implemented is a violation of the CMP and the government is aware of the repercussions of crossing the Laxman Rekha. Now if the government insists that it wants to carry on like it has done on the Iran issue... if it wants to go to that level, then we would also see in the coming days what to do," CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury told BBC Hindi programme Aapki Baat BBC ke Saath.
Referring to the Congress recently asking its allies to follow the coalition dharma and not cross the Laxman Rekha, he said the CPI-M was clear that the only Laxman Rekha was the CMP.
Asked whether the government was not heeding Left concerns, Yechury said, "It is not correct to say this. However, on this particular issue (Iran), it is now definite that the government has not completely listened to us."
Maintaining that the government should follow the CMP and pursue an independent foreign policy, he said, "Independent means on the basis of unity among developing countries and also taking along the friends of original Non-Aligned Movement, all nations which oppose attempts by a single nation to impose its hegemony and designs of ruling the world by force."
