Posted on 01/28/2006 12:23:28 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
NEW DELHI: With about a month to go for the scheduled visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to India, an anti-Bush mood appears to be setting in with the Left parties and the Samajwadi Party voicing opposition to the visit and planning a "Go Back Bush" campaign.
The parties have also expressed their resentment at the U.S. Ambassador David Mulford's "arrogant effort" to influence India's stand on the Iran issue. The Samajwadi Party and the former Prime Minister, V.P. Singh, demanded recall of Mr. Mulford for his comments.
The Samajwadi Parliamentary Party, in its meeting held here on Friday, unanimously decided to launch large-scale protests against Mr. Bush for his anti-Iran and anti-Iraq policies. The meeting was chaired by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and attended by MPs from both Houses of Parliament.
Demanding recall of Mr. Mulford for his recent remarks on the India-U.S. nuclear deal, the party said India would stand up to any threat held out by an official of the U.S. Government.
Samajwadi Party general secretary and spokesman Amar Singh said: "We take strong exception to the remarks made by Mr. Mulford threatening India to vote against Iran. An Ambassador's job is not to threaten. He should be expelled immediately."
After a meeting here on Friday, the Left parties reiterated their stand that India should not support any resolution referring Iran to the U.N. Security Council at the IAEA Board meeting. The Left parties decided to write to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding the stand India should take at the Board meeting on February 2 and 3, asking him to ensure that India does not vote in favour of any such resolution that takes the matter to the world body.
A statement to this effect was made by CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan to reporters after a meeting of the parties here.
Emerging from the meeting, attended by CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat, CPI National Secretary D. Raja, Forward Bloc leaders Debabrata Biswas and G. Devarajan, Mr. Bardhan said India should not support the game played by the U.S. and the European Union at any cost.
The Left parties, while expressing strong resentment at the U.S. Ambassador's "arrogant effort," asked the Government to make public the proposals handed over to the U.S. about the separation of civilian and military nuclear facilities.
Taking strong exception to the remarks of the Ambassador, former prime minister V.P. Singh said it was a "case of superpower arm-twisting." Talking to reporters here on Friday, Mr. Singh said India had never accepted such tactics. "The Government should stand up and ask for the replacement of the U.S. Ambassador in New Delhi, if he has acted on his own."
"Review agreement"
Mr. Singh said it had become clear that the U.S. wanted to use its promises made in the India-U.S. agreement to squeeze out benefits in other fields outside the agreement. In his view, the development warranted review of the agreement. "A clear signal should go to the U.S. that while we value their friendship, we can never act as a puppet in their hands. While we want to be friendly, we refuse to be dictated [to] ," he said.
The Left parties also discussed Mr. Bush's visit and decided to go ahead with their protests. "We have asked our Delhi units to mobilise people in a very big way for holding a demonstration on March 2. If he goes to Hyderabad we will organise protests there also," Mr. Bardhan said. He also asked the national platform of mass organisations and all like-minded outfits to participate in the "Go Back Bush" campaign, to be launched and supported by the Left parties.
The Samajwadi Parliamentary Party resolved that the party would give a "befitting reply" if Mr. Bush visits the Taj, the symbol of love and peace.
"Delhi or Agra, we will organise protests against him and his capitalist policies. His hands are soaked in the blood of innocent people of Iraq. We will also oppose any move for him to address members of Parliament in the Central Hall," Mr. Amar Singh said.
Go, and Back Bush!
Thanks India, I will go and back Bush.
Now, you go and come up with some food that tastes like it's meant for human consumption.
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Make a bet Cindy shows up.
Lets see a large communist sect in Indias government and a huge muslim population. Also, they are russias mini me and have been since the cold war still to this day.Yep Bush dont go, stay in the civilized world. I fear for his safety to be honest.
For a low life who gets paid to do anti-India propaganda, "The Hindu" (Communist news website) is sure a good place to search for the right kind of articles.
Some people would rather stick their head in an ostrich hole and pretend the communist threat doesn't exist while they cast aspersions on the USA.
Yes he can always go to China, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan if he wants. There are less Commies and Muslims in those countries.
/sarc
And some people would go to the extent of sticking their heads inside their @$$holes if need be, to search for $hit where there isnt any.
Some people might be interested in the alliance between the Indian Communist Party and the Ayatollahs. Others would like to sweep it under the rug.
LOL! That's what I thought when I first read the phrase.
"Back" must not have as many meanings in India as it does here.
Nice, but a comma was enough to change the meaning, making an "and" unnecessary. :o)
Majority of Indians have nothing against Bush and infact want a solid alliance with the US. Unfortunately India has a coalition government , so the communists and muslim parties , which enjoy no more than 10% of the electoral support , enjoy an influence much greater than their actual strength or popularity. They have basically hijacked the country.As an Indian , they certainly do not speak for me. So stop attributing their statements to 'India'. They represent India as much as Noam Chomsky , CAIR or Cindy Shhehan represent the US.
I was hoping someone knowledgeable would tell us what size this party is. I had never heard of them before.
Yes you can join Russia and China in a SCO alliance. Its better for the US to know where the line is drawn and what you are dealing with rather than not knowing if you are going to get backstabbed or not. Have at it,some how I dont see china seeing India as an equal and India will be the lapdog of both russia and china. Good luck with that.
The State Department, by the same token, has GOT to figure out that the public mood in virtually every nation these days means that our diplomats have to be FAR more careful about what they say and, importantly, where (to whom) they say it. Everyone - and I mean everyone - is looking to interpret something said by any American spokesperson as "arm-twisting" or "threats."
I read his comment as innocuous and straightforward, but then I've read many other statements by other diplomats in other nations the same way. Nevertheless, when viewed from a hypersensitive and/or anti-American and/or nationalistic viewpoint it's not hard to see how these things are twisted and end up causing us major, major headaches. This is not a small development in the nascent 'strategic relationship' between America and India. This has handed fire and fuel on a platter to the Indian left, who are not inconsequential by any means.
The US outsources millions in jobs to India and leftists spit in our face. Thank you.
After so many posts finally some logic emerges. Just because some segment says something that is anti-USA doesn't mean a whole freakin' nation of a BILLION people is anti-US. However suddenly some are trying to make this into some anti-American stance by India when nothing could be further from the truth. A group that has around 10% of the local support spews forth trash, and suddenly you have Freepers talking about 'Russian mini-mes.'
Ludicrous. I wonder what their reaction would be if some article stated that the US supports Islamic terrorism. After all, people like Cindy Sheehan have made some very 'interesting' (read: bl@@dy insane) statements, and she is supported by a nice segment of the Democratic party. Thus she has the support of more than 10% of the population (if she had almost total support from the Democrats she would have around 40 something %), thus much higher than the 10% local support the communists in India have. Thus I guess the US supports the position of Cindy Sheehan.
Such a statement would be silly (actually downright stupid), but if a segment in India says something crazy suddenly the whole nation is the reincarnation of the USSR and you have a flurry of FReepers making it seem like a resurgence of the Cold War.
The thing is India will be one of the paramount ally nations of the US in the future (primarily as a buffer to China), and just because a certain segment in India may not like the US doesn't mean the entire nation is turning mad mullah. Goodness, there is a far higher percentage of anti-US sentiment in Britain than there is in India, but you do not see FReepers posting how England is becoming the enemy. However if India buys 432 Boeing planes, and says they will buy some Airbus planes as well, suddenly India is 'bad' because they didn't go 100% Boeing. Please!
As if without their protests he would intend to stay there. He'll visit on a state business, and then return back to deal with more important stuff.
The Indian Left does not want any outsourcing. Their interest lies in keeping India in a state of perpetual poverty.
Indian Left and Indian Muslims hate US for sure. But they hate India a lot more.
It is really uncivillized from the part of the communist party and the smajwadi party to behave in such a immature way.But it has to be rembered that these two parties alone dont make the indian parliament.Majority of the indians support a better relation with the U.S. As for the left,remember what happened when the U.S conducted exercises in the state of westbengal a 'hub' of communism,the left leaders who were delivering anti-us speech had to persude their listeners every now and then to stop watching the US planes flying above and listen to their speech,however their requests fell on deaf ears(this article did not appear in the HIndu). Fortunately the same thing is going to happen this time also.
Hope they're as successful as the liberals in Canada were.
Hey I have an idea. Lets take the statement of a couple of commie clowns in India and label the whole country. /sarc
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