Nuclear Thread - 3

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<b>BJP charges UPA Govt with 'complete disconnect'</b>


New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Thursday charged the UPA government with suffering from "complete disconnect" and making a "mockery" of the country.

"The act of the government of sending the draft to the IAEA is yet another proof of the government suffering from complete disconnect. There is confusion of what is being said, done and planned," party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters here.

He said the government was accountable for making a "mockery" of the country and the Constitution. "The government must answer why it makes a mockery of the country and the Constitution. What right does it have to push a document for international treaty without legal sanctity," he said.

The country would like to know how the document, which was confidential till Thursday morning, was made available on the official website.

The government should answer the disconnect between the promise of senior most minister and the PM's action. "Doesn't the left arm of the government know what the right arm does?" he asked.

External Affairs Minister had in a recent press conference announced that the government will go ahead with the nuclear deal only after Parliament approval. But the draft for the India-specific safeguards agreement was sent to the IAEA last night.

Meanwhile, the NDA led by BJP will meet here this evening to decide upon its future course of action.

As per sources, the opposition alliance was contemplating to take the issue to President Pratibha Patil, alleging that the minority Manmohan Singh government was taking the international treaty without people's mandate.

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