Senior Left leaders said his speech while moving the confidence motion in Lok Sabha was a "reiteration" of his belief in unilateralism by violating the understanding that had been reached under the Common Minimum Programme.
"Singh's statement is a reiteration of his belief in unilateralism. He violated the understanding by going ahead with nuclear deal when there was no agreement between parties on the issue," senior CPI(M) leader Nilotpal Basu said while talking to PTI.
On Singh's remarks that veteran Marxists Jyoti Basu and Harkishen Singh Surjeet were among the architects of the ruling coalition, he said that the promises given to them were violated. "A minority government cannot go ahead with the deal unilaterally. There was a CMP and it has been violated."
RSP General Secretary T J Chandrachoodan said the "sagacity and vision" shown by the veteran Marxist leaders were "blatantly betrayed" by Singh, compelling the Left to withdraw support to the Government.
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Terming the Prime Minister's speech as a "short, dull" one with "deceitful utterances", he said he expected it to be a "soul searching" exercise. "He has nothing to say. The speech conveyed nothing. He was repeating blatant lies," he alleged.
Forward Bloc Secretary G Devarajan said Singh's short speech showed his "low confidence level" and accused him of even hiding truth before Parliament.