03-15-2008, 12:11 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Advani says UPA-Left in secret deal to dump N-pact</b>
Pioneer News Service
Leader of the Opposition LK Advani on Friday claimed the Government has silently conveyed to its Left allies that it was not pursuing the India-US civilian nuclear agreement. Â
Advani's revelation at India Today's conclave here came just ahead of the March 17 meeting of the UPA-Left coordination committee to decide the fate of the India-US nuclear deal and that of the Government.
<b>"Today when I was coming to this meeting, a colleague of mine phoned me that he had met so and so from the Left who conveyed to him that privately the Government has told them they are not pursuing it," he said.</b>
Reiterating that the BJP was in favour of strategic partnership with the US,<b> Advani said this agreement between "unequals" would ensure that no future Prime Minister is able to conduct Pokharan III, even if our security considerations demand it.</b>
Advani said the deal has become highest priority for the Congress-led Government, so much so that it has been blatantly disregarding the criticism expressed by its own supporting parties in the Left, and also the dissenting stand taken by the BJP-NDA and UNPA parties, which together constitute the majority opinion in Parliament.
Saying that the BJP represents the future of India, Advani added the Congress, which was once a common platform of great national leaders, represents much of what has gone wrong in India's recent past.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pioneer News Service
Leader of the Opposition LK Advani on Friday claimed the Government has silently conveyed to its Left allies that it was not pursuing the India-US civilian nuclear agreement. Â
Advani's revelation at India Today's conclave here came just ahead of the March 17 meeting of the UPA-Left coordination committee to decide the fate of the India-US nuclear deal and that of the Government.
<b>"Today when I was coming to this meeting, a colleague of mine phoned me that he had met so and so from the Left who conveyed to him that privately the Government has told them they are not pursuing it," he said.</b>
Reiterating that the BJP was in favour of strategic partnership with the US,<b> Advani said this agreement between "unequals" would ensure that no future Prime Minister is able to conduct Pokharan III, even if our security considerations demand it.</b>
Advani said the deal has become highest priority for the Congress-led Government, so much so that it has been blatantly disregarding the criticism expressed by its own supporting parties in the Left, and also the dissenting stand taken by the BJP-NDA and UNPA parties, which together constitute the majority opinion in Parliament.
Saying that the BJP represents the future of India, Advani added the Congress, which was once a common platform of great national leaders, represents much of what has gone wrong in India's recent past.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->