Indian parties slam Obama's visit
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E-mail Xinhua, January 4, 2015
Six parties of India will organize demonstrations across the country on Jan. 24 ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to the country.
The campaign is to protest U.S. "interference" in India's internal affairs, said local daily The Tribune on Sunday.
The protest is also aimed protesting at what the parties called the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government's pro-U.S. policies.
In a joint statement released on Friday, the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and four others said the Indian government's invitation of Obama as the chief guest at the Republic Day celebration is a "supreme irony".
"That day which symbolizes India's independence and sovereignty is being graced by the head of a country which has done the most to assault and destroy the sovereignty of many countries around the world," said the statement.
"President Obama himself is responsible for the aggression of Libya and for the return of bombing and sending troops back to Iraq. The U.S. is doing everything to destroy Syria as a national entity," it said.
The Indian government has invited Obama to attend the Republic Day parade here on Jan. 26 as the nation's chief guest.
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