New Delhi, Saturday 20 March 2010: Asking the Government to “stop pussyfooting” on the David Coleman Headley case, the CPM today said it must immediately seek access to the terror accused.

The Manmohan Singh government has “once again shown how unequal the US-India relationship is and the least that the Government of India can do is to demand immediate access to Headley. The US needs to be told that cooperation has to be reciprocal,” the CPM politburo said.

It said Home Minister P Chidambaram knew “very well that extradition is ruled out by the plea bargain. Yet, he declares, he is prepared to be patient. … The UPA government is more concerned about justifying the US stance”.

(PTI)