New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) Monday said that Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh should have been "more cautious and more diplomatic" in airing his views on the need for Chinese investment in the country but refrained from asking for his resignation.
Ramesh created a flutter when he criticised the home ministry and the security establishment of India and said during a trip to Beijing that their policies towards China were "alarmist and paranoid".
"He should have been more cautious and more diplomatic," CPI national council secretary Shameem Faizee told IANS.
The CPI leader, however, said that demanding the minister's resignation on this issue would be "another extreme step". "We are not demanding the minister's resignation."