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| India political stand-off worsens |
| India's ruling alliance is meeting its communist allies after the latter asked the government to put on hold a nuclear deal with US for six months.
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| INDIA
, 19-September-2007
2:35:59 AM |
| The communists provide key support to the Congress-led government. The stand-off is the worst to hit the government since it came to power.
US officials say the civilian nuclear deal needs to be completed in time.
Under the deal, India will get civilian nuclear technology and fuel despite not signing a non-proliferation treaty.
The government is due to begin key negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Suppliers Group for the deal to be carried through.
'Resolve through dialogue'
But the communists have made it clear that they do not want these discussions to take place prompting speculation that the stand-off could lead to early elections.
A senior leader of the main Communist Party of India (Marxist), Prakash Karat, told a public meeting on Tuesday that the government should put on hold the implementation of the nuclear agreement for six months.
"Let parliament debate the nuclear deal first, and the government should consider widespread opinion among scientists and intellectuals which has been against the deal," he said.
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