08-17-2006, 09:06 PM
<!--emo&:blink:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> Parliament debates Indo-US nuke deal
Source: NDTV. Image Source: NDTV
New Delhi, August 17: The debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal which has become the centre of controversy has begun in Parliament.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make the government's stand clear in the Parliament on the issue at 4:30 pm (IST).
<!--emo&:cool--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/specool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='specool.gif' /><!--endemo-->
In response to the BJP's protests, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma pointed out that it was the BJP which laid the groundwork for the nuclear deal and that there was no reason for them to paint a "gloomy picture" for it.
Shifting goalposts?
The Left has accused the government of shifting the goalposts on the deal and moving away from the original statement made by the Prime Minister in July last year.
Articulating their stand in the nuclear debate, CPM's Sitaram Yechury said that while there need not be a resolution - the Left's original demand - there should be some reflection of what Parliament's stand is.
The Left claims that there have been several points of departure on the nuclear deal on which they want a point-by-point reply.
Source: NDTV. Image Source: NDTV
New Delhi, August 17: The debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal which has become the centre of controversy has begun in Parliament.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make the government's stand clear in the Parliament on the issue at 4:30 pm (IST).
<!--emo&:cool--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/specool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='specool.gif' /><!--endemo-->
In response to the BJP's protests, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma pointed out that it was the BJP which laid the groundwork for the nuclear deal and that there was no reason for them to paint a "gloomy picture" for it.
Shifting goalposts?
The Left has accused the government of shifting the goalposts on the deal and moving away from the original statement made by the Prime Minister in July last year.
Articulating their stand in the nuclear debate, CPM's Sitaram Yechury said that while there need not be a resolution - the Left's original demand - there should be some reflection of what Parliament's stand is.
The Left claims that there have been several points of departure on the nuclear deal on which they want a point-by-point reply.