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| Left parties meet on nuke deal |
| The statement came just before the Politburo meeting began in the Capital to take a final view on its strategy in Parliament following its opposition
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| INDIA
, 17-August-2007
4:0:13 AM |
| ''The honeymoon is over but the marriage can continue for some time,'' said CPI-M leader Prakash Karat on the Left's relationship with the government.
The statement came just before the Politburo meeting began in the Capital to take a final view on its strategy in Parliament following its opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal.
The meeting comes against the backdrop of the CPI-M rejecting the civil nuclear deal with the US and asking the government not to operationalise it.
The two-day meeting is likely to plan out series of protest actions against the government's economic and foreign policies.
Final take
CPI-M patriarch Jyoti Basu ruled out withdrawal of Left support from the UPA government on the Indo-US nuclear deal issue.
The move comes despite CPI general secretary A B Bardhan saying that such a move appeared to be ''inevitable''.
''My party's Politburo is discussing the Indo-US nuclear deal during which they will finalise their stand. We have already said that we are not satisfied. But we do not want to topple the government as it would pave the way for the communal BJP to come to power,'' said the 94-year-old CPI-M leader.
''We will stage a walkout in Parliament if there is a voting on the issue,'' he said.
Basu said he was not attending the Politburo meeting as he was not keeping well.
Serious differences
For the past three years, the Left and the UPA government have had differences over several economic and policy issues. But clearly the crisis over the Indo-US nuclear deal is the most serious one for the government.
Ever since the Indo-US nuclear deal was signed in July 2005, the Left has had objections to it. They believe it's another attempt by the US to lock India with their strategic interest in South Asia.
But the government and the Prime Minister are committed to the deal as they believe it is an honourable deal for India.
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