No change in Left stand on N-deal: Karat

The CPI-M on Saturday said there is no change in the Left stand in their opposition to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, a day after they allowed the Government to open nuclear safeguards talks with the IAEA.

"The Left is determined to oppose this deal and we think it is bad for our country," CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat told NDTV.
Karat reminded the UPA that it is a coalition government and said it will have to come to terms with the "fact that a majority" of the political parties and Members of Parliament do not want the deal to go ahead.

To a query that India had an international commitment to see that the deal is implemented, Karat said " no agreement can be put above Parliament and the interest of this country."
Asked for his response on the planned Indo-Russian nuclear agreement not being signed during the recent visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Moscow, Singh said "the inference is clear. This government(UPA) does not want to displease the Americans."

In Karat's view, India should have gone ahead with the agreement just as it did with the US on the 123 agreement.

Courtesy:thehindu.com
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