Support to UPA Govt not ruled out : Yechury

Although CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat had ruled out support to a Congress-led Government at the Centre, politburo senior member Sitaram Yechury on Monday said that the party's next step would be decided only after the Lok Sabha elections.

Yechury while addressing mediapersons said, "We will decide what will happen post-election, but right now our objective till the elections are over is the third alternative. However, we do not think the need to support a Congress-led Government will arise.

When asked about the Karat's comment, in Kolkata recently, that the Left would not provide support to a Congress-led coalition again, Yechury replied, "I do not know in what context he had said this. We will meet and decide what will happen post-election."

Yechury also said that the Congress leaders were saying after the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections that they would acquire support of the Left if the opportunity to form a Government appeared.

"But this is an admission of their realisation that they are not coming back to power. Our objective is to form a Third Front Government and we are confident about that Yechury added further.

Also when asked if the Left was proposed to support a Congress-led coalition minus Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister, he replied they were not concerned about individuals, but issues.