09-19-2007, 08:41 PM
<b>Wary of Left jab, UPA stays out of NSG ring</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi: As Left parties reacted sharply to reports from Vienna about Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) meeting on Thursday to discuss aspects of Indo-US nuclear deal, the government is understood to have conveyed to its key outside supporters that Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar would not be present at the meeting.
Left sources said the issue of the proposed NSG meeting came up at the deliberations of the Left parties and it was decided not to press the matter since Wednesday's meeting was being convened by the US.
CPI leader AB Bardhan said Kakodkar has given a speech in the IAEA conference and has not been discussing India specific safeguards.
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Left sources said the issue of the proposed NSG meeting came up at the deliberations of the Left parties and it was decided not to press the matter since Wednesday's meeting was being convened by the US.
CPI leader AB Bardhan said Kakodkar has given a speech in the IAEA conference and has not been discussing India specific safeguards.
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