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Santanu Banerjee | New Delhi
It's official now! After three years of uneasy togetherness, the Left Front partners have begun thinking in terms of divorcing the UPA.

Ringing the alarm bells for the UPA, the Central Secretariat of the CPI on Tuesday asked other Left parties to sit back and think of reviewing its support to the Congress-led alliance following its total failure in controlling price rise and pro-rich economic policies.

<b>The RSP has already asked the Left partners to withdraw support to the UPA Government.</b>

"The public anger against the Government is manifest everywhere, if one sees the Assembly election results,'' said CPI general secretary AB Bardhan.

The veteran CPI leader, who has been consistent in his criticism of the Congress' economic policies, added that "We supported this Government to keep away the communal forces like the BJP and expected the Congress to adhere to the NationalCommon Minimum Programme (NMCP), but this is not happening."

<b>Bardhan's call to the Left partners to review support to the UPA has come at a time when the UPA allies are very unhappy with the Congress over price rise, and feel they may also have to pay political cost for their association with the UPA.</b>

<b>Accusing the UPA Government of all-round failure, Bardhan said by pursuing anti-people policies, it was only helping the BJP.</b>
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