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UPA requires blessings of Left parties: Pawar

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Press Trust of India Baramati (Maharashtra)
Last Updated : Jan 19 2013 | 11:37 PM IST

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar today sought to keep the doors open for Left parties in the post-poll scenario and said the UPA will decide its Prime Minister after the elections.

"I honestly feel that this time we require the blessings and support of the Left parties. That is why from the first day, I am consistently saying to all my colleagues in the UPA that let us keep good rapport with the Left," Pawar said.

He was responding to a question about his views on receiving Left support if the UPA required it for forming a government after the elections.

"They have been supporting us. The credit goes to the Left also that we were able to give the country a stable government. The Left is the only section which will never support a communal outfit," he told reporters after casting his vote here.

The Maratha strongman also refused to toe the Congress line on the question of next Prime Minister, saying a decision on UPA Prime Minister can be taken only after a meeting of its allies.

"Congress has every right to declare Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister. (But) when you take a decision on behalf of the UPA, you (UPA allies) will have to sit together and decide."

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