Left-BJP in talks to corner govt
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 3:07 am Under India News 2 views
After the Left parties withdrew support on Tuesday (July 
from the Centre following the UPA government’s stand on the Indo-US Nuclear deal issue after PM Manmohan Singh went ahead to the IAEA with the safeguards agreement, it is learnt that the Left has now touched base with the BJP through interlocutors to discuss floor coordination strategy in a bid to oppose the Indo-US nuke deal.
Sources have told TIMES NOW that the Left has established contact with the BJP, through interlocutors, who are neither part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) or the Left.
The focus of the discussion is likely to be on the floor coordination strategy that the Left and the NDA could adopt, once the government moves for a trust vote.
Alternately, in case the government does not seek the confidence vote, the focus will be on the party that would move the ‘no confidence motion’, the BJP, Left or a third non-alligned party.
Earlier, External Affairs Minister in a press conference announced that the government will go ahead with the nuclear deal only after Parliament approval. However, the draft for the India-specific safeguards agreement was sent to the IAEA last night (Wednesday, July 9).
Yesterday (July 9), the leaders of the four Left parties submitted a list of 60 MPs and a joint letter signed by leaders of — CPM, CPI, RSP and Forward Block to the President Pratibha Patil — to seek a vote confidence in the Lok Sabha immediately.
BJP charges UPA govt with ‘complete disconnect’
Meanwhile, the BJP on Thrusday (July 10) charged the UPA government with suffering from “complete disconnect” and making a “mockery” of the country.
“The act of the government of sending the draft to the IAEA is yet another proof of the government suffering from complete disconnect. There is confusion of what is being said, done and planned,” party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters.
He said the government was accountable for making a “mockery” of the country and the Constitution. “The government must answer why it makes a mockery of the country and the Constitution. What right does it have to push a document for international treaty without legal sanctity,” he said.
The country would like to know how the document, which was confidential till today morning, was made available on the official website.
The government should answer the disconnect between the promise of senior most minister and the PM’s action. “Doesn’t the left arm of the government know what the right arm does?” he asked.
External Affairs Minister had in a recent press conference announced that the government will go ahead with the nuclear deal only after Parliament approval. But the draft for the India-specific safeguards agreement was sent to the IAEA last night.
Meanwhile, the NDA led by BJP will meet here this evening to decide upon its future course of action.
As per sources, the opposition alliance was contemplating to take the issue to President Pratibha Patil, alleging that the minority Manmohan Singh government was taking the international treaty without people’s mandate.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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