"We are in touch with him (Mulayam) but no final decision has been taken by the Left parties" he told rediff.com at Parliament House on Wednesday.
Mulayam Singh had earlier claimed that the two parties had agreed to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha election together.
"Our MPs staged a protest in the morning to press for immediate restoration of rice supply meant for public distribution. The cut is as much as 82 per cent in Kerala. Moreover, they (the government) are asking us to cut the prices. Similarly, they have reduced the wheat quota of West Bengal by 50 per cent," Acharya said.
He demanded that the government evolve the National Mineral Policy and ensure that the rich iron ore not be exported to other countries, adding that if the trend continues, the present stocks would last only 20 years. "We are exporting more than what we should be," he said.
The CPI-M also took up the issue of farmers in Bundelkhand. "We joined others in raising the Bundelkhand issue," he said.
Acharya said there has been no change in the party's policy on the India-United States civil nuclear agreement. "We want to make sure that the deal does not go through," he asserted.
