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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Do not approach IAEA on N-deal: Karat </b>
PTI | Thiruvananthapuram
Posted online: September 4, 2007
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat has asked the Union Government not to approach the IAEA as a follow up of the Indo-US nuclear deal till the UPA-Left committee comes out with its findings, warning that if it does so, the outside allies would take steps to stall it.

The Government was planning to approach IAEA in September. Usually, September is the time when the IAEA conducts most of its business. The CPI(M)'s firm stand is that the Government should not approach IAEA before the Hyde Act panel brings out its report.

<b>"If the Government takes any follow up action on the deal, all steps to stall it would be taken", Karat told CPI(M) official organ in Malayalam Deshabhimani.</b>

The joint statement issued after the UPA-Left meeting has made it clear that any further step on the deal would be taken only after getting the report of the panel set up to study the Hyde Act, he said adding the decision to set up the panel was welcome.

The CPI(M) would also come out with an open letter to all MPs explaining as to why the party was opposing the nuclear deal.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->