The Left parties on Monday launched a nationwide campaign to explain to the people the
reasons that prompted them to withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance government which, they alleged, 'failed' to keep its promises due to its 'obsession' with the nuclear deal.
Top Left leaders addressed a meeting in Delhi where they cited the UPA's "failures, including rising prices and inflation, surrendering of national interest, and unkept promises with regard to the Common Minimum Programme".
The leaders vigorously attacked the government for its "refusal" to take appropriate steps to tackle the "runaway" inflation and "back-breaking" price rise.
The campaign was launched to explain to people the reasons for withdrawing support besides "explaining the UPA's pro-American and anti-people policies which are resulting in price rise and other problems," Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Prakash Karat said.
The Left parties are trying to rally other democratic and secular forces who do not want either the Congress or Bharatiya Janata Party to be the only alternative.
In the course of the campaign, Karat said the Left will also place before the people an alternative