Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) The Left parties would withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government by Thursday, after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from Japan, Forward Bloc said Monday.
'We have taken a unanimous decision that we will submit a letter to President Pratibha Patil withdrawing our support to the government on July 10,' Forward Bloc general secretary Debabrata Biswas said here.
He alleged the Congress-led UPA government was committed to the US on the 123 agreement, 'surrendering national interest and sovereignty'.
'As such, the decision of the four parties - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Communist Party of India (CPI), Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) - to withdraw support remains unchanged,' he said.
Biswas said he had spoken to CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat over telephone Monday, and added that the four Left parties would meet Tuesday to take stock of the situation.
