Prakash Karat of "misleading" the country on his reported meeting with Maoist leader

BJP smells fish on CPM's Karat

Press Trust of India

New Delhi, June 1: The BJP today accused CPI-M leader Prakash Karat of "misleading" the country on his reported meeting with Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai and sought an explanation from the government whether the intelligence agencies were instrumental in arranging it.
"There were reports that Bhattarai had met Karat in New Delhi. This was denied by the CPI-M leader and we took it as a gentleman's word," BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar told reporters here.

He noted, however, that there were media reports today quoting Nepali leaders as saying that the meeting did take place.

"In the wake of this, it is clear that Karat misled the nation," Javadekar said.

Alleging that something was fishy in the matter, he said the government should make a statement on it, particularly whether the intelligence agencies were involved in arranging the meeting as suggested by media reports.

According to media reports last week Karat had a meeting with Bhattarai but after the former's denial, government also quoted him to dismiss it.



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