UF should support Congress: Basu
West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu on Saturday
said the United Front should support a Congress government at
the Centre to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party from coming to power.
In an interview with a private television channel, he said as the Congress has more seats than the
UF, the Front should support it.
Basu said United Front convener N Chandrababu Naidu should
change his mind about the Congress.
''We know the Congress is his
main Opposition in Andhra Pradesh but he is the convener of
the UF for the country, not his state alone,'' the chief
minister reasoned.
He said he did not want to be the prime
minister anymore.
''I had said earlier that I would not shirk
the responsibility. But in the current situation and considering my
health, I do not want to be the prime minister. I
have never said that before. This is the first time I am saying so,''
he said.
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