10-17-2007, 03:59 AM
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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
The BJP on Tuesday fired yet another salvo at the UPA Government on the India-<b>US nuclear deal, saying the difficulties faced by it in operationalising the agreement reflected the very nature of the "opportunistic alliance". </b>
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told US President George W Bush about hurdles in implementing the deal, Leader of the Opposition LK Advani insisted that the nuclear standoff was "the lowest point of the UPA Government".
<b>"It is a reflection of the nature of this alliance which has parties with diametrically opposite views on foreign and economic policies. It is bound to happen in an opportunistic alliance,"</b> Advani said.
He was replying to a question on the Prime Minister's late night telephonic talk with Bush during which Singh talked about difficulties being faced by his Government in proceeding with the deal.
Advani said the deal with the US was "uncalled for and undesirable" as it surrenders India's strategic freedom by bringing the country into the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
"No Government in the past ever agreed to it. Indira Gandhi had rejected it. The Vajpayee Government conducted Pokhran II (nuclear tests) despite displeasure from the US Government," he noted.
The veteran BJP leader asserted that the BJP will "renegotiate" the deal taking into consideration the national interests if it comes to power at the Centre.
Though the crisis over the deal appears to have blown over, the BJP is still not ruling out the possibility of mid-term polls as it feels the Government has not abandoned the agreement altogether. The top leadership of the saffron party is of the view that the Congress-led UPA Government is buying time and will eventually push through the deal, leading to withdrawal of support by the Left parties.
In an informal chat with mediapersons here, BJP president Rajnath Singh refused to read much into the telephonic conversation between the Prime Minister and the US President late on Monday night.
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Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
The BJP on Tuesday fired yet another salvo at the UPA Government on the India-<b>US nuclear deal, saying the difficulties faced by it in operationalising the agreement reflected the very nature of the "opportunistic alliance". </b>
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told US President George W Bush about hurdles in implementing the deal, Leader of the Opposition LK Advani insisted that the nuclear standoff was "the lowest point of the UPA Government".
<b>"It is a reflection of the nature of this alliance which has parties with diametrically opposite views on foreign and economic policies. It is bound to happen in an opportunistic alliance,"</b> Advani said.
He was replying to a question on the Prime Minister's late night telephonic talk with Bush during which Singh talked about difficulties being faced by his Government in proceeding with the deal.
Advani said the deal with the US was "uncalled for and undesirable" as it surrenders India's strategic freedom by bringing the country into the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
"No Government in the past ever agreed to it. Indira Gandhi had rejected it. The Vajpayee Government conducted Pokhran II (nuclear tests) despite displeasure from the US Government," he noted.
The veteran BJP leader asserted that the BJP will "renegotiate" the deal taking into consideration the national interests if it comes to power at the Centre.
Though the crisis over the deal appears to have blown over, the BJP is still not ruling out the possibility of mid-term polls as it feels the Government has not abandoned the agreement altogether. The top leadership of the saffron party is of the view that the Congress-led UPA Government is buying time and will eventually push through the deal, leading to withdrawal of support by the Left parties.
In an informal chat with mediapersons here, BJP president Rajnath Singh refused to read much into the telephonic conversation between the Prime Minister and the US President late on Monday night.
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