02-05-2006, 09:00 PM
<b>Iran vote against national interest: Fernandes</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"India's vote in IAEA is clearly against our own national interest and breaches the broad national consensus on foreign policy. India has for the first time become a direct party to the designs of the US, to limit the sovereignty of other countries not convenient to it," Fernandes, also NDA Convenor, said in a press conference.
<b>"Iraq was sought to be repeated in Iran and India was this time party to it," </b>he said adding JD(U) would launch a nationwide campaign to oppose the UPA government's decision to vote for taking Iran's nuclear issue to the UN Security Council.
Taking a swipe at the Left parties and the Samajwadi Party in the matter, Fernandes said if their opposition was limited to just making public statements, when they are in a position to reverse the course, the people of India were bound to treat them as <b>"a hypocritical lot trying to run with the hare and hunt with the hound".</b> <!--emo&
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India could have stayed neutral, I don't understand what India will gain?
Left and Congress were against Iraq attack but voted for Iran.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"India's vote in IAEA is clearly against our own national interest and breaches the broad national consensus on foreign policy. India has for the first time become a direct party to the designs of the US, to limit the sovereignty of other countries not convenient to it," Fernandes, also NDA Convenor, said in a press conference.
<b>"Iraq was sought to be repeated in Iran and India was this time party to it," </b>he said adding JD(U) would launch a nationwide campaign to oppose the UPA government's decision to vote for taking Iran's nuclear issue to the UN Security Council.
Taking a swipe at the Left parties and the Samajwadi Party in the matter, Fernandes said if their opposition was limited to just making public statements, when they are in a position to reverse the course, the people of India were bound to treat them as <b>"a hypocritical lot trying to run with the hare and hunt with the hound".</b> <!--emo&
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India could have stayed neutral, I don't understand what India will gain?
Left and Congress were against Iraq attack but voted for Iran.