The Left Coordination Committee meeting, which began at CPI(M) Headquarters here, is being attended by CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, his CPI counterpart A B Bardhan and other senior leaders like D Raja (CPI), RSP leaders T J Chandrachoodan and Abani Roy and Forward Bloc's Debabrata Biswas and G Devarajan.
The meeting, which was earlier fixed at 4 pm, was rescheduled to 11:30 am after Singh's announcement yesterday that the Government would "soon" approach the IAEA for a safeguards agreement for the nuclear deal with the US.
Ahead of the meeting, Karat told reporters this morning that the meeting would be a "crucial" one as there was "nothing more" on Left's course of action with regard to the Prime Minister's announcement on the nuclear deal.
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Karat said the Prime Minister had made the announcement on the deal in a foreign land which he could have told the Left parties here.
Speculation was rife that the Left would pull the plug today itself, with the rescheduling of their meeting after which they could seek an audience with President Pratibha Patil, who is returning to the capital from Tirupati this evening.
The Left parties had earlier stated that they would withdraw support to the Congress-led Government the moment it decides to go to the IAEA. Karat has said the Left parties will meet and give an "appropriate" response to the PM's statement.