09-06-2008, 02:15 AM
<b>BJP and Left on 'unholy alliance': Congress
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New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Friday came out aggressively to defend the Indo-US nuclear deal saying if the deal doesn't go through, only Islamabad, Beijing and Nagpur (RSS headquarters) would be happy.
"It is an irony that in case the deal does not get through, the maximum applause would be in Islamabad, Beijing and Nagpur from where the BJP is remote controlled..," Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters here.
He said it was "amusing to find an unholy alliance between the Left and the BJP on the nuclear deal".
"While India is fighting potential international opposition, we have the gory spectacle of the Left and the BJP working in tandem to undermine the country's interest," Singhvi said.
He said, "L K Advani and Prakash Karat are on the same footing, hand in hand on the issue..."
Referring to the communique between two US departments stating that nuclear fuel supply will be stopped once India conducts a nuclear test, which led to the fresh row here, Singhvi said internal communication between two agencies of the US cannot change the 123 Treaty.
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"USA can do this and that...(stop cooperation and fuel supply) only if India tests.. Where has the right to test compromised," the spokesman said.</b>
Singhvi said the UPA never said that India has the sovereign right to test but the US would continue to support.
The Congress emphasised that nuclear test in any case was not in the agenda at the NSG meeting in Vienna.<span style='color:red'>
"In 35 years, we felt the need to test only twice.
Testing is not an every day requirement," he said, adding, "in the next 15-20 years, there would be enough reserves and even if one country out of 45 stops cooperation (in the event of a nuclear test), the others would come forward".
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New Delhi (PTI): The Congress on Friday came out aggressively to defend the Indo-US nuclear deal saying if the deal doesn't go through, only Islamabad, Beijing and Nagpur (RSS headquarters) would be happy.
"It is an irony that in case the deal does not get through, the maximum applause would be in Islamabad, Beijing and Nagpur from where the BJP is remote controlled..," Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters here.
He said it was "amusing to find an unholy alliance between the Left and the BJP on the nuclear deal".
"While India is fighting potential international opposition, we have the gory spectacle of the Left and the BJP working in tandem to undermine the country's interest," Singhvi said.
He said, "L K Advani and Prakash Karat are on the same footing, hand in hand on the issue..."
Referring to the communique between two US departments stating that nuclear fuel supply will be stopped once India conducts a nuclear test, which led to the fresh row here, Singhvi said internal communication between two agencies of the US cannot change the 123 Treaty.
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"USA can do this and that...(stop cooperation and fuel supply) only if India tests.. Where has the right to test compromised," the spokesman said.</b>
Singhvi said the UPA never said that India has the sovereign right to test but the US would continue to support.
The Congress emphasised that nuclear test in any case was not in the agenda at the NSG meeting in Vienna.<span style='color:red'>
"In 35 years, we felt the need to test only twice.
Testing is not an every day requirement," he said, adding, "in the next 15-20 years, there would be enough reserves and even if one country out of 45 stops cooperation (in the event of a nuclear test), the others would come forward".
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