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<b>Nuclear deal is for nation’s security’</b>

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Mallikarjun Kharge is confident of United Progressive Alliance winning the trust vote

— Photo: K. Gopinathan

Backing nuclear deal: Leader of the Opposition M. Mallikarjun Kharge flagging off a ‘padayatra’ by Mahila Congress members in Bangalore on Saturday.

BANGALORE: M. Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, has stressed the need to sign the nuclear deal with the U.S. in the interests of the nation’s development and security.

He was inaugurating a “padayatra” organised by the Youth Congress and the Mahila Congress, seeking support from the people for the deal, here on Saturday.

Mr. Kharge condemned the opposition of the Left parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party to the deal. “Party interests were important to them than the nation’s security and development,” he said.
Development

Mr. Kharge reiterated the Congress stance that the nuclear deal will not pose any problem to the country, and that it will help in all-round progress. He expressed confidence that the United Progressive Alliance would win the confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on July 22.

Karnataka Mahila Congress president Rani Satish and Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee president Krishna Byre Gowda, MLA, spoke. They said that in the changed security scenario, the Centre taken an intelligent stance. Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Veeranna Mathikatti; Dinesh Gundurao and N.L. Narendra Babu, MLAs; S.T. Somashekar, president of the Karnataka State Cooperative Housing Federation, and M. Ramachandrappa, general secretary of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee were present on the occasion.