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Bambi 'Glad' to meet Indian Commie | ||
2010-11-11 | ||
New Delhi: The Left may have staged protests during his visit but US President Barack Obama was "glad" to meet an Indian communist leader last evening. "I am glad to meet an Indian communist. I am told that communists have been part of the (Indian) political mainstream," Obama told CPM Politburo member Sitaram Yechury at the Rashtrapati Bhawan banquet as they were introduced and both shook hands. Yechury told Obama that the Indian communists have been in the political mainstream "throughout".
But their Left ally, Forward Bloc, had boycotted the speech. Asked about the boycott, Yechury merely said, "That's why we are different parties". The Left parties had organised protests against the US policies during Obama's visit and asked the government not to succumb to "pressure" from America on strategic and economic issues. | ||
Posted by:Steve White |
#3 "I am told that communists have been part of the (Indian) political mainstream, and I'm jealous." Fixed. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-11 15:48 |
#2 "I am glad to meet an Indian communist." But of course. Just one nomenklatura greeting another. |
Posted by: Secret Master 2010-11-11 14:54 |
#1 So did the commie get a nice bow too? Or just the secret handshake? |
Posted by: tu3031 2010-11-11 13:40 |