Left slams Govt for not disclosing whole truth on N-deal

“This showed that certain things were not disclosed to the Committee,” Bose told reporters after the ruling Left Front meeting.

“The Manmohan Singh government did not do the right thing.”

The Left coordination Committee, Bose said, would be meeting in Delhi on July four to take stock of the situation.

“The meeting can be held a day earlier,” he said.

Before that meeting, Bose said, the CPI(M) would hold consultations with the Left parties.

The meeting had already been held with the CPI, he said, adding the CPI(M)-Forward Bloc meeting of central leaders was likely on Monday.

“Our meeting with RSP is likely tomorrow”.

The CPI(M) leader said that the UNPA would meet in Delhi on July three.

The CPI-M leader said that at the Left Front meeting he had briefed the partners on the CPI-M politburo decision on the nuclear issue that general secretary Prakash Karat had explained in Delhi on Sunday.

Criticising the Centre, Bose said, “Instead of being serious about tackling price rise and high rate of inflation which is a 13-year high, the Manmohan Singh government is busy pushing the Nuclear deal.

“This is not good for the country, nor for the Government and Congress party.”

Bose said that the Left parties had decided to organise campaigns against the UPA government’s failure to arrest price rise and inflation.

“The government has been ignoring vital issues like countering growing communalism in the country. This has led to the growth of such forces in Karnataka, MP, Rajasthan and some other states,” he said.

“By its inaction, the UPA government has been helping the communal forces to grow,” the CPI-M leader said.

Replying to a question that if the Lok Sabha poll could be advanced and if the Left Front was prepared for it, Bose said the meeting had not discussed the elections.

Left not enthused by PM’s statement

CPI(M) was not impressed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assurance that the government would come to Parliament before operationalising the Indo-US nuclear deal and said its stand on the issue remains unchanged.

“There is nothing new (in the Prime Minister’s assurance). (But) our politburo stand is very clear,” CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat told reporters soon after Singh made the remarks.

The politburo, at its meeting on Sunday, decided that the party will withdraw support to government as soon as steps are initiated to implement the nuclear deal.

Singh told senior journalists here that he was only seeking a nod to go to IAEA and NSG and after all processes are completed, he would come back to Parliament to get its approval before operationalising the agreement.

“The PM has said there is nothing new in the Left stand, we are saying there is nothing new in PM’s stand,” CPI(M) politburo member Sitram Yechury said reacting to Singh’s comments.

He said the Prime Minister has time and again given statements about coming back to Parliament after completing the processes like signing safeguards agreement with IAEA, getting waiver from NSG and endorsement by the US Congress.

“But at that time, it will be more difficult to stop the agreement. They will say the whole world is in favour of the deal,” Yechury said.

He said the government and Left have divergent views on the issue. “If they move ahead formally to sign the safeguards agreement with IAEA, we will then implement our politburo decision to withdraw support,” he said, adding they would see what the government does.