Wednesday, April 19 2006 17:33 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kolkata: The Left parties today (Apr 19, 2006) gave fresh notice that they will get aggressive on the 'violations' by the UPA Government of the CMP on economic and foreign policy issues after the Assembly elections but will not pull down the coalition.

Veteran CPI-M leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu also said the Left parties, giving crucial outside support to the government at the Centre, have sought a meeting of the UPA-Left Coordination Committee for sorting out differences on these issues.

In an interview to PTI, the 92-year-old leader, who still does his round of the election campaign, expressed concern over 'complete change' in the country's non-aligned foreign policy.

"We are perturbed because some Congress leaders are saying that the situation has changed since the time of Nehru and Indira Gandhi. They are saying that we cannot go ahead without the US", he said adding "they are becoming more and more pro-American", he said.

The Left parties do not want to be pushed into a position where the differences are such that it results in falling of government and BJP coming to power.

"In any case if we leave them (UPA), there will be elections and BJP will come to power. We do not want BJP to come back to power," Basu said, adding the CMP violationswould be taken up inside and outside Parliament.

"We have sent a message to (Congress) that we (the UPA-Left Coordination Committee) should meet and talk seriously about the differences. At the meeting we will speak clearly, where we agree and where we disagree," he said.

The CMP 'violations' vis-a-vis foreign and economic policies would be taken up in Parliament and outside too.

"We may organise demonstrations and strikes also," Basu added.

The Marxist leader, whose party has been a votary of building up a Third Alternative, made light of the Third Front floated by SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and TDP supreme Chandrababu Naidu, saying that it is not feasible at all at this moment.

The veteran leader said that at the UPA-Left Coordination Committee meeting after the polls, the Left parties would 'say clearly, where we agree, where we disagree'.