07-20-2008, 10:53 PM
<b>Don't push N-deal if you lose trust vote, CPI(M) tells UPA</b>
New Delhi (PTI): Asserting that the Government and the nuclear deal would be "doomed" on Tuesday, the CPI(M) today warned that the country would "revolt" if the Congress-led UPA tried to push the agreement in the event of losing the trust vote.
"We wish to warn this government that in case you lose the trust vote, don't try and push the nuclear deal. The country will revolt," party General Secretary Prakash Karat said after a two-day meeting of the CPI(M) Central Committee.
Maintaining that the struggle against the nuclear deal would continue, he said one phase of this struggle was the trust vote. "The deal will be doomed and the government will be doomed on July 22."
Charging the government with public betrayal, he said it had promised that the next step on the safeguards agreement would be taken only after the trust vote. Instead, "we see the spectacle of our officers scurrying to Vienna to try and hustle through the safeguards agreement with the (IAEA) Board of Governors."
"You have already bypassed Parliament. You have also gone back on a public pledge because you are committed to (US) President (George W) Bush," Karat told the government.
Accusing the UPA of taking "desperate and unscrupulous steps to engineer defections", he said the Congress and the Samajwadi Party were trying to mobilise the support of unaffiliated MPs using "money power and unscrupulous methods".
"It is a shame on this government to use the votes of convicted criminals to sustain themselves in power," he said noting the difference between MPs who were convicted and those who were undertrials.
"Even MPs who are convicted of serious crimes are being brought in for support," Karat said while welcoming the alignment of parties opposing the nuclear deal.
"It is shocking that the Manmohan Singh government went to the (IAEA) Board of Governors for approval of the draft safeguards agreement without revealing the text to the country.
"The 123 Agreement with the US was similarly signed without taking the country into confidence. The most recent betrayal by the government has been the going back on its public commitment not to approach the Board of Governors without facing the trust motion in Lok Sabha," he said.
Maintaining that the CPI(M) Central Committee had asked the Politburo to rally all forces opposed to the deal, Karat said "the UNPA, BSP, JD(S), RLD and the Left parties have decided to work together. We will meet after the trust vote to decide the future course of action," he said. The meeting is scheduled on the morning of July 23.
"More such forces are joining us. There will be a way forward after the trust vote. ... More and more forces are coming together to fight the government," he said.
Asked whether the Left would continue its relations with Mayawati, he said they have decided to come together to oust the UPA from power and oppose the nuclear deal. "We have old relations with various (non-Congress, non-BJP) parties.
"We will meet on July 23 and decide our future course of action," the CPI(M) leader said.
Karat said the Central Committee welcomed the efforts to bring various non-BJP, non-Congress parties together to fight against the deal and the Government.
New Delhi (PTI): Asserting that the Government and the nuclear deal would be "doomed" on Tuesday, the CPI(M) today warned that the country would "revolt" if the Congress-led UPA tried to push the agreement in the event of losing the trust vote.
"We wish to warn this government that in case you lose the trust vote, don't try and push the nuclear deal. The country will revolt," party General Secretary Prakash Karat said after a two-day meeting of the CPI(M) Central Committee.
Maintaining that the struggle against the nuclear deal would continue, he said one phase of this struggle was the trust vote. "The deal will be doomed and the government will be doomed on July 22."
Charging the government with public betrayal, he said it had promised that the next step on the safeguards agreement would be taken only after the trust vote. Instead, "we see the spectacle of our officers scurrying to Vienna to try and hustle through the safeguards agreement with the (IAEA) Board of Governors."
"You have already bypassed Parliament. You have also gone back on a public pledge because you are committed to (US) President (George W) Bush," Karat told the government.
Accusing the UPA of taking "desperate and unscrupulous steps to engineer defections", he said the Congress and the Samajwadi Party were trying to mobilise the support of unaffiliated MPs using "money power and unscrupulous methods".
"It is a shame on this government to use the votes of convicted criminals to sustain themselves in power," he said noting the difference between MPs who were convicted and those who were undertrials.
"Even MPs who are convicted of serious crimes are being brought in for support," Karat said while welcoming the alignment of parties opposing the nuclear deal.
"It is shocking that the Manmohan Singh government went to the (IAEA) Board of Governors for approval of the draft safeguards agreement without revealing the text to the country.
"The 123 Agreement with the US was similarly signed without taking the country into confidence. The most recent betrayal by the government has been the going back on its public commitment not to approach the Board of Governors without facing the trust motion in Lok Sabha," he said.
Maintaining that the CPI(M) Central Committee had asked the Politburo to rally all forces opposed to the deal, Karat said "the UNPA, BSP, JD(S), RLD and the Left parties have decided to work together. We will meet after the trust vote to decide the future course of action," he said. The meeting is scheduled on the morning of July 23.
"More such forces are joining us. There will be a way forward after the trust vote. ... More and more forces are coming together to fight the government," he said.
Asked whether the Left would continue its relations with Mayawati, he said they have decided to come together to oust the UPA from power and oppose the nuclear deal. "We have old relations with various (non-Congress, non-BJP) parties.
"We will meet on July 23 and decide our future course of action," the CPI(M) leader said.
Karat said the Central Committee welcomed the efforts to bring various non-BJP, non-Congress parties together to fight against the deal and the Government.