07-20-2008, 10:47 AM
<b>
Deal in the best interest of country: Poojari</b>
Kannur (PTI): Attacking the BJP and the Left for their opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal, AICC Coordinator for Kerala Janardhana Poojari, on Saturday claimed all concerns expressed by them have been addressed and maintained that the pact was in the best interest of the country.
"The nuclear deal is the baby of the Vajpayee government as the agreement was initiated by the previous NDA rule and as such the BJP has no moral right to blame the UPA government's bid to go ahead with the pact," he told reporters here.
"The nuclear deal assumes significance as India's developmental projects are hit by the acute power shortage and the future generation will not forgive us if the deal is kept in abeyance citing that it jeopardised sovereignty of India," Poojary, who is here as part of the campaign to dispel doubts about proceeding with the deal, said.
All the concerns and doubts expressed by the Left parties and the BJP led NDA had been addressed and necessary safeguards were put in place by the Manmohan Singh Government. The deal had been discussed in Parliament on not less than four occasions, he maintained.
He alleged that the Left had a "hidden agenda" as they owed allegiance to the Communist China and did not want India to emerge stronger.
The deal in the present form was better than the one drafted by the NDA Government because of the negotiations by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said adding that the government had received support from experts, including former President A P J Abdul Kalam.
Deal in the best interest of country: Poojari</b>
Kannur (PTI): Attacking the BJP and the Left for their opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal, AICC Coordinator for Kerala Janardhana Poojari, on Saturday claimed all concerns expressed by them have been addressed and maintained that the pact was in the best interest of the country.
"The nuclear deal is the baby of the Vajpayee government as the agreement was initiated by the previous NDA rule and as such the BJP has no moral right to blame the UPA government's bid to go ahead with the pact," he told reporters here.
"The nuclear deal assumes significance as India's developmental projects are hit by the acute power shortage and the future generation will not forgive us if the deal is kept in abeyance citing that it jeopardised sovereignty of India," Poojary, who is here as part of the campaign to dispel doubts about proceeding with the deal, said.
All the concerns and doubts expressed by the Left parties and the BJP led NDA had been addressed and necessary safeguards were put in place by the Manmohan Singh Government. The deal had been discussed in Parliament on not less than four occasions, he maintained.
He alleged that the Left had a "hidden agenda" as they owed allegiance to the Communist China and did not want India to emerge stronger.
The deal in the present form was better than the one drafted by the NDA Government because of the negotiations by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said adding that the government had received support from experts, including former President A P J Abdul Kalam.