Left parties to withdraw support to UPA on July 10

Left parties would submit their letter withdrawing support to the UPA government by July 10 over the nuclear deal to President Pratibha Patil, after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from Japan, Forward Bloc General Secretary Debabrata Biswas said on Monday.

Biswas who spoke to CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat over telephone during the day, said the decision of the withdrawal of support would be irrespective of the reply from External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to the letter of the left parties.

Besides the issue of nuclear deal, the letter would also highlight rising prices and inflation as the reasons for the withdrawal of the support.