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India-Pakistan
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".
Except for the Maoists, they just kill people.
Marking a departure from their past practice, leaders and MPs of the CPM and CPI, known for their anti-US stance, had attended Obama's speech in Parliament last evening.
They always want to hear from one of their own ...
The CPM leadership had maintained that "as we hear him, he should also listen to the voice of the Indian people and their protests".

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  

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