New Delhi: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) today (May 14, 2004) indicated that Congress president Sonia Gandhi would head the new Government at the Centre.

"Do you want any other name? Do you require a long list?" shot back CPM general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet, when asked by reporters whether any name other than Gandhi has cropped up for Prime Ministership.

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Addressing a press conference at his residence after a hectic day of consultations with leaders of various parties including Gandhi, Surjeet said Samajwadi Party (SP) will "participate" in the new Government but remained non-committal on whether the Left parties would join the Government.