Yechury trashes Akhand Bharat talk

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Superficial talks between leaders will not succeed in strengthening India-Pakistan relations against the backdrop of calls for \'Akhand Bharat\' and not allowing Pakistani artistes and the cricket team to play on Indian soil, CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury said here on Sunday.

Kolkata: Superficial talks between leaders will not succeed in strengthening India-Pakistan relations against the backdrop of calls for 'Akhand Bharat' and not allowing Pakistani artistes and the cricket team to play on Indian soil, CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury said here on Sunday.

Referring to the recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, Yechury took a dig at Modi for his comments during the 2014 Lok Sabha poll campaign that there would be no talks with Islamabad unless it stopped terrorism targeted at India.

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