10-08-2007, 08:12 PM
<b>Karat meets Sonia as Left, Cong spat heats up</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday had an unscheduled meeting with President Pratibha Patil, causing flutters in political circles.
There was no official word on what transpired during their 30-minute meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan which began around 12 noon.
The meeting comes two days after Gandhi expressing Congress' readiness to face general elections
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<b>Basu hits back, says CPM ready for elections</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Referring to Congress President Sonia Gandhi's speech on Sunday, he said if she wanted elections, they were also ready though they did not favour it.
"I have spoken to (Prakash) Karat and (Sitaram) Yechury after the meeting with Pranab Mukherjee. I told them to listen to what he (Mukherjee) had to say, to see if it is possible to work out a compromise," Basu told reporters in Kolkata. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There was no official word on what transpired during their 30-minute meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan which began around 12 noon.
The meeting comes two days after Gandhi expressing Congress' readiness to face general elections
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<b>Basu hits back, says CPM ready for elections</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Referring to Congress President Sonia Gandhi's speech on Sunday, he said if she wanted elections, they were also ready though they did not favour it.
"I have spoken to (Prakash) Karat and (Sitaram) Yechury after the meeting with Pranab Mukherjee. I told them to listen to what he (Mukherjee) had to say, to see if it is possible to work out a compromise," Basu told reporters in Kolkata. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
