Karat blames Manmohan for N-deal deadlock

New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Prakash Karat has blamed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the current political crisis in the country over the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement.

In a strongly worded article in CPI-M's mouthpiece Peoples Democracy Karat wrote, "As the time for the ninth meeting of the UPA-Left Committee on the nuclear deal approached, the country was plunged into a political crisis once again on the future of the nuclear deal. What is the cause for this ongoing crisis? The answer lies squarely in the Prime Minister's renewed bid to go to the IAEA for seeking the approval of the Board of Governors on the text of the Safeguards Agreement."

On Wednesday, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and Left had failed to reach a compromise on nuclear deal, following the meeting of the 15-member UPA-Left Nuclear Coordination Committee meeting at the residence of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

With the logjam over the nuclear deal continuing, speculations about an early General Election have also started.

And Karat's comments have come even as an internal report of the Congress said that rising prices are likely to be the main issue during the polls.

Courtesy:ibnlive.com
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