07-16-2008, 12:23 PM
'<b>Manmohan responsible for collapse of UPA-Left coalition'</b>
Tue, Jul 15 05:45 PM
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat squarely blamed the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress for the 'collapse' of the UPA-Left coalition by moving ahead with the nuclear deal to the IAEA.
"The Prime Minister and the Congress are responsible for the collapse of the (UPA-Left) arrangement that helped the installation of the secular government at the Centre by moving ahead with the nuclear deal", Karat said in a bylined article published in the party's mouthpiece Ganashakti on Tuesday.
He said that the Left parties had withdrawn support to the UPA government as 'the Left can never compromise on such an important issue in which the involvement of American imperialism is so explicit'.
Karat also said that Left parties opposition to the nuclear deal has no similarity with that of BJP on the issue.
He said that BJP's opposition to the nuclear deal was confined to only one aspect that India's capability to produce nuclear weapons would be compromised. "BJP has accepted the other conditions of nuclear deal", he said.
"BJP is not opposed to the strategic agreement with America and tying up with that country on foreign policy", he said.
The CPM is opposing the nuclear deal because the party feels that the move is a part of a conspiracy to bind India into a strategic relationship with the US, Karat said adding 'the partnership has political, military and economic connotations'.
Tue, Jul 15 05:45 PM
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat squarely blamed the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress for the 'collapse' of the UPA-Left coalition by moving ahead with the nuclear deal to the IAEA.
"The Prime Minister and the Congress are responsible for the collapse of the (UPA-Left) arrangement that helped the installation of the secular government at the Centre by moving ahead with the nuclear deal", Karat said in a bylined article published in the party's mouthpiece Ganashakti on Tuesday.
He said that the Left parties had withdrawn support to the UPA government as 'the Left can never compromise on such an important issue in which the involvement of American imperialism is so explicit'.
Karat also said that Left parties opposition to the nuclear deal has no similarity with that of BJP on the issue.
He said that BJP's opposition to the nuclear deal was confined to only one aspect that India's capability to produce nuclear weapons would be compromised. "BJP has accepted the other conditions of nuclear deal", he said.
"BJP is not opposed to the strategic agreement with America and tying up with that country on foreign policy", he said.
The CPM is opposing the nuclear deal because the party feels that the move is a part of a conspiracy to bind India into a strategic relationship with the US, Karat said adding 'the partnership has political, military and economic connotations'.