Imphal, February 25 2009: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has decided to withdraw support to the Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh led SPF Government in Manipur.

Announcing this during a press conference here this afternoon, member of the National Central Committee of the party and former MP Noorul Hooda categorically stated that apart from the recent incident of brutal killing of one SDO and his two sub-ordinate staff at Senapati after being abducted from Ukhrul by armed cadres of NSCN (IM) and the past incidents of killing, abduction and extortion which are signs of breakdown of law and order as well as corruption and agricultural crisis have shown that the present SPF Government does not think about the common people.

The partnership of the CPI in the SPF Government has degraded the reputation of all the other Left parties, he said, while pointing out that besides Manipur there is no Congress ruled States in India which is being supported by Left parties.

So CPI should also withdraw support from the Congress led SPF Government at once, Hooda demanded.

Condemning the killing of one SDO and his two sub-ordinate staff, the CPI-M leader also demanded that befitting punishment should be given to the killers.

He also assured that party leaders would be taking up the issue in both the Houses of the Parliament either today or tomorrow.

The issue would be brought by MP Basudev Acharya in the Lok Sabha and Brinda Karat would do the same in the Rajya Sabha, Hooda informed, adding that notifications in this regard have already been submitted yesterday to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

More details of the killing have also been send from Imphal to other party leaders at Delhi, he conveyed.

The CPI-M leader alleged that the recent incident of killing has also revealed that the Unified Command comprising Army, AR, Police and other Para-Military forces has failed.

In connection with the forthcoming 15th Lok Sabha election, Hooda disclosed that CPI-M would not be fielding any of its candidates to contest for both the Inner and Outer seats of Manipur but to which party candidates that CPI-M would be extending support would be decided during the Central Committee of the party due to be held in second week of March.

However, one thing is already clear that CPI-M would not go together either with the Congress or the BJP, he added.

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