http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=226481By Aaron Klein
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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) speaks with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during their state dinner at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi November 8, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
President Obama was "glad" to have met communist politicians on his trip to India, according to Indian news media accounts of the U.S. leader's visit to the Asian nation.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted a state dinner Monday night with Obama and dozens of Indian politicians. According to media reports, the dinner consisted of 12 tables named after Americans with an Indian connection.
At the table with Obama was Pranab Kumar Mukherjee, India's minister for external affairs.
The Times of India reports Obama asked Mukherjee about the entry of communists in India into the parliamentary system.
Mukherjee reportedly pointed out that Indian communists were part of the mainstream in the country's political arena, like social democrats.
At the state dinner, Obama also reportedly shook hands with Sitaram Yechury, senior member of the Communist Party of India, or CPI.
According to India's Economic Times, Obama told Yechury he was "glad" to have met an Indian communist.
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