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- By Parinda News Bureau, January 31, 2006, 09:52 IST
New Delhi: Taking strong exception to US envoy David Mulford's recent comments, major Left parties asked the govt to seek his recall, while the BJP asked the UPA to call for an all party meeting on Indo-US ties.
Senior CPI(M) and CPI leaders said it was "unbecoming" of the Ambassador to comment on domestic affairs of India, including disagreements and controversies.
Talking to newsmen in New Delhi, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury said that Ambassador Mulford had made wide-ranging intervention in the internal affairs of India, "to say the least, it is very unfortunate. It confirms our earlier apprehension that he is directly interfering in India's internal affairs."
He stated that they had been raising it before and now the government should demand his recall from India as it is unbecoming on any Ambassador's part to comment on such matters.
Adding to it, CPI Secretary D Raja asserted that the envoy had "crossed all limits by virtually dictating what India should do on a foreign policy issue like Iran and now on its economic policies and what political parties should do or not do".
He stressed that the government should take up the issue with the US authorities at the appropriate level to "either make him mend his ways or seek his recall."
Mulford had recently questioned as to why the Left opposed the opening up of retail to FDI, adding "are they opposed to farmers and business guys and others getting credit developing their livelihoods and their businesses? I don't understand what their opposition is about because the beneficiaries are the regular working people of India."
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