07-04-2008, 10:57 AM
Indo-US nuclear deal PTI<b>
Reports on Speaker speculation: CPI-M</b>
Wednesday, 02 July , 2008, 23:03
New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Wednesday dismissed as "speculation", reports suggesting that the UPA-Left rift on the Indo-US nuclear deal has put a question mark on the continuation of Somnath Chatterjee as Lok Sabha Speaker.
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"The issue has not at all been discussed in the party. It is only a speculation being carried out in the media," Politburo member Sitaram Yechury told PTI here.
Yechury's comment came in the wake of reports that in the event of a break-up between the Left and the UPA, continuation of Chatterjee, the senior-most Marxist Member of Parliament, in the high constitutional post would be problematic.
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Reports on Speaker speculation: CPI-M</b>
Wednesday, 02 July , 2008, 23:03
New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Wednesday dismissed as "speculation", reports suggesting that the UPA-Left rift on the Indo-US nuclear deal has put a question mark on the continuation of Somnath Chatterjee as Lok Sabha Speaker.
Special: Indo-US nuclear deal | Full coverage | Also read: CPI-M to pull out Speaker
"The issue has not at all been discussed in the party. It is only a speculation being carried out in the media," Politburo member Sitaram Yechury told PTI here.
Yechury's comment came in the wake of reports that in the event of a break-up between the Left and the UPA, continuation of Chatterjee, the senior-most Marxist Member of Parliament, in the high constitutional post would be problematic.
http://sify.com/news/fullcover.php?event_id=14461920