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Left wants parameters for Indo-US nuke deal to be set by Parliament

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

New Delhi, July 24, IRNA
India-US-Nuke deal
Urging Parliament to set the parameters for the government to proceed on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the CPI-M on Monday contended that the accord would restrict the country's nuclear technology development in perpetuity and make its foreign policy a "permanent hostage" to the US.

Like President George W Bush is bound by US Congress on how to proceed with the Indo-US deal, the government "should be bound by Parliament on the matter. Parliament must set the parameters and clearly define the limits to which it can proceed in this regard," CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat told reporters here, a PTI report said.

Observing that the "sense of Parliament" on the matter was essential, he said developments in the last few months have "shown convincingly that this deal will not lift existing embargoes on technology, will keep Indian foreign policy a permanent hostage to the US and impose a host of discriminatory restrictions on the Indian nuclear program."
"In the current form, the deal will not be acceptable to the Indian people," Karat said, adding that Parliament should bind the government as it has done on issues like Iraq and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

At the Left-UPA Coordination Committee meeting yesterday, the Left parties gave enough hints about taking the government to task in Parliament, saying the deal would compromise the country's indigenous nuclear development program.

The crucial outside supporters of the UPA coalition are demanding that all international treaties on major issues should be ratified by Parliament.

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