Wednesday, December 7 2005 17:35 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Seeking to take the wind out of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) sails, Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) today (Dec 07, 2005) attacked the main opposition party for trying to take credit for Natwar Singh's resignation from the Union Cabinet and accused it of trying to set a 'very wrong precedent'.

"By taking credit for Natwar Singh's resignation, they (Opposition) have sought to justify what they have done (stalling the proceedings for four days). An impression has been sought to be made that Singh had to go because something has been found against him", senior CPI-M MP Nilotpal Basu told reporters.

He said it was a very wrong precedent the BJP-led Opposition was trying to make.

Basu said because of the repeated stalling of both the Houses, the discussion on WTO has been truncated and issues "sought to be pushed by the United States and the European Union" could not be debated threadbare.

Apprehending that issues of great importance to developing countries were sought to be pushed to the background, he said Parliament should have held a 'full fledged discussion' on India's approach at the forthcoming Hong Kong meet.